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

Saturday, October 23, 2010

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

SPC Tornado Watch 705
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:26:05 -0500

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 705 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 325 PM CDT SAT OCT 23 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN IOWA NORTHERN MISSOURI EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI TO 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE IOWA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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 704... DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE VICINITY OF A WARM FRONT ALONG THE IA/MO BORDER SWD TO NEAR KANSAS CITY WITHIN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH MLCAPE VALUES OF 1000-1500 J/KG. SUSTAINED LOW-LEVEL WAA ALONG A SWLY 40+ KT LLJ SHOULD SUPPORT FURTHER STORM INTENSIFICATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. AREA PROFILER AND VWP DATA INDICATE VERTICALLY-VEERING WIND PROFILES WITH SUFFICIENT LOW AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035. ...MEAD

SPC Tornado Watch 705 Status Reports
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:26:14 -0500

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0705 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Tornado Watch 704 Status Reports
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:30:04 -0500

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 704  THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.  ..KERR..10/23/10  ATTN...WFO...OUN...TSA...FWD...SJT...EWX...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 704   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   OKC005-013-023-069-095-127-232040-  OK  .    OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  ATOKA                BRYAN               CHOCTAW              JOHNSTON             MARSHALL            PUSHMATAHA             TXC027-035-049-053-085-093-097-099-113-119-121-133-139-143-145- 147-181-193-213-217-221-223-231-251-257-267-277-281-293-299-307- 309-319-327-333-349-363-367-379-397-411-425-439-467-497- 232040-  TX  .    TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  BELL                 BOSQUE              BROWN                BURNET               COLLIN              COMANCHE             COOKE                CORYELL             DALLAS               DELTA                DENTON              EASTLAND             ELLIS                ERATH               FALLS                FANNIN               GRAYSON             HAMILTON             HENDERSON            HILL                HOOD                 HOPKINS              HUNT                JOHNSON              KAUFMAN              KIMBLE              LAMAR

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 703 Status Reports
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 10:33:04 -0500

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 703  THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.  ..KERR..10/23/10  ATTN...WFO...OUN...SJT...FWD...EWX...MAF...   STATUS REPORT FOR WS 703   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   TXC049-059-077-081-083-093-095-105-133-137-143-151-173-207-221- 235-237-253-267-307-319-327-333-335-337-353-363-367-383-399-411- 413-417-425-429-431-435-441-447-451-465-497-503-231640-  TX  .    TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  BROWN                CALLAHAN            CLAY                 COKE                 COLEMAN             COMANCHE             CONCHO               CROCKETT            EASTLAND             EDWARDS              ERATH               FISHER               GLASSCOCK            HASKELL             HOOD                 IRION                JACK                JONES                KIMBLE               MCCULLOCH           MASON                MENARD               MILLS               MITCHELL             MONTAGUE             NOLAN               PALO PINTO           PARKER               REAGAN              RUNNELS              SAN SABA             SCHLEICHER          SHACKELFORD          SOMERVELL            STEPHENS            STERLING             SUTTON               TAYLOR              THROCKMORTON         TOM GREEN            VAL VERDE           WISE                 YOUNG                   THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL

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