Compact News: NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watches Update

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watches Update

SPC Tornado Watch 732
Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:52:02 -0500

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 732 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 550 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA NORTHERN GEORGIA EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 550 AM UNTIL NOON CDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES NORTH OF ATHENS GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2). REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 731... DISCUSSION...TSTMS HAVE INCREASED IN THE PAST HOUR OR SO ALONG PREFRONTAL CONFLUENCE ZONE IN CNTRL AL/NRN G /REF MCD 2016/...POSSIBLY REFLECTING INCREASED ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH APPARENT UPR IMPULSE OVER REGION. STRENGTH OF WIND FIELD...SOMEWHAT CURVED LOW-LVL HODOGRAPHS INVOF CONFLUENCE AND ALONG STNRY FRONT FARTHER N...AND LOW LCLS SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STORMS WITH LOW-LVL ROTATION/POSSIBLE TORNADOES. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035. ...CORFIDI

SPC Tornado Watch 732 Status Reports
Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:52:11 -0500

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0732 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Tornado Watch 731 Status Reports
Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:41:04 -0500

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 731  THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.  ..GOSS..10/27/10  ATTN...WFO...GSP...RAH...RNK...AKQ...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 731   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   GAC119-137-147-241-257-271040-  GA  .    GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  FRANKLIN             HABERSHAM           HART                 RABUN                STEPHENS               NCC001-003-021-023-025-027-033-035-045-057-059-063-067-071-077- 081-083-089-097-099-109-111-113-119-131-135-145-149-151-157-159- 161-167-169-171-175-181-185-193-197-271040-  NC  .    NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  ALAMANCE             ALEXANDER           BUNCOMBE             BURKE                CABARRUS            CALDWELL             CASWELL              CATAWBA             CLEVELAND            DAVIDSON             DAVIE               DURHAM               FORSYTH              GASTON              GRANVILLE            GUILFORD             HALIFAX             HENDERSON            IREDELL              JACKSON             LINCOLN              MCDOWELL             MACON               MECKLENBURG          NORTHAMPTON          ORANGE              PERSON               POLK                 RANDOLPH            ROCKINGHAM

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