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

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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

SPC Tornado Watch 722
Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:03:03 -0500

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 722 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 855 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN INDIANA CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN MUCH OF OHIO LAKE ERIE EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 855 AM UNTIL 400 PM EDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF TOLEDO OHIO TO 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. 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 720...WW 721... DISCUSSION...WRN IND/KY QLCS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AND MOVE GENERALLY ENE AS WW REGION IS GLANCED BY IA/MO VORT LOBE EJECTING NE TOWARD THE UPR GRT LKS. MODEST SFC WARMING...INCREASING LOW LVL MOISTURE...AND INTENSE WIND FIELD TOGETHER SUGGEST LIKELIHOOD FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS/MESOVORTICES THAT WILL POSE A THREAT FOR POTENTIALLY STRONG TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO BOWING SEGMENTS WITH HIGH WIND. A LOW PROBABILITY ALSO WILL EXIST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COUPLE ISOLD STORMS AHEAD OF QLCS IN ANY AREAS WHERE LOW LVL CONFLUENCE IS SUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME EXISTING CINH. ANY SUCH ACTIVITY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO YIELD A LONGER LIVED...POSSIBLY STRONG TORNADO. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035. ...CORFIDI

SPC Tornado Watch 722 Status Reports
Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:03:12 -0500

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0722 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Tornado Watch 721 Status Reports
Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:37:04 -0500

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 721  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 NNW ELD TO 55 SSE BVX TO 20 NW DYR TO 45 E MDH TO 40 NNW EVV.  ..GOSS..10/26/10  ATTN...WFO...LZK...MEG...SHV...PAH...OHX...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 721   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   ARC001-011-013-025-035-037-039-041-043-053-069-077-079-093-095- 103-107-111-117-123-261340-  AR  .    ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  ARKANSAS             BRADLEY             CALHOUN              CLEVELAND            CRITTENDEN          CROSS                DALLAS               DESHA               DREW                 GRANT                JEFFERSON           LEE                  LINCOLN              MISSISSIPPI         MONROE               OUACHITA             PHILLIPS            POINSETT             PRAIRIE              ST. FRANCIS            ILC047-059-069-127-151-185-193-261340-  IL  .    ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  EDWARDS              GALLATIN            HARDIN               MASSAC               POPE                WABASH               WHITE

SPC Tornado Watch 720 Status Reports
Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:35:04 -0500

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 720  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 NNW EVV TO 15 WNW HUF TO 45 ESE MMO TO 30 ENE MSN.  ..GOSS..10/26/10  ATTN...WFO...LSX...ILX...LOT...IND...IWX...GRR...MKX...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 720   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   ILC031-033-043-075-091-097-101-159-183-197-261340-  IL  .    ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  COOK                 CRAWFORD            DUPAGE               IROQUOIS             KANKAKEE            LAKE                 LAWRENCE             RICHLAND            VERMILION            WILL                    INC007-011-013-015-017-021-023-027-039-045-049-053-055-057-059- 063-067-073-081-083-085-089-091-093-095-097-099-101-103-105-107- 109-111-119-121-127-131-133-141-145-149-153-157-159-165-167-169- 171-181-261340-  IN  .    INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  BENTON               BOONE               BROWN                CARROLL              CASS                CLAY                 CLINTON              DAVIESS             ELKHART              FOUNTAIN             FULTON              GRANT                GREENE               HAMILTON            HANCOCK              HENDRICKS            HOWARD              JASPER

SPC Tornado Watch 719 Status Reports
Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:38:05 -0500

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 719  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 SSE PIA TO 25 E MLI TO 5 N DBQ TO 25 NW LNR.  ..GOSS..10/26/10  ATTN...WFO...ARX...DMX...DVN...LSX...LOT...ILX...EAX...SGF... PAH...MKX...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 719   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   ILC007-011-015-037-085-099-103-107-123-141-143-155-175-177-179- 195-201-203-261140-  IL  .    ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  BOONE                BUREAU              CARROLL              DEKALB               JO DAVIESS          LA SALLE             LEE                  LOGAN               MARSHALL             OGLE                 PEORIA              PUTNAM               STARK                STEPHENSON          TAZEWELL             WHITESIDE            WINNEBAGO           WOODFORD               WIC021-025-045-049-065-105-111-261140-  WI  .    WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  COLUMBIA             DANE                GREEN                IOWA                 LAFAYETTE           ROCK                 SAUK

SPC Public Severe Weather Outlook
Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:13:02 -0500

 PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0511 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010  ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS AND GREAT LAKES...  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS AND GREAT LAKES TODAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY  THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE         EASTERN ILLINOIS        INDIANA        NORTHERN KENTUCKY        SOUTHERN MICHIGAN        WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO  ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ALSO ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE APPALACHIANS AND LOWER GREAT LAKES  A POWERFUL JET STREAM DISTURBANCE...WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 175 MILES PER HOUR...WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO OHIO VALLEY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.  AT THE SAME TIME...AN INTENSE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE JET WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS SLOWLY NORTHEAST FROM MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN ONTARIO.  A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTH FROM THE LOW WILL SERVE AS THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT ACCELERATES EAST ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS TODAY...AND ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND THE APPALACHIANS TONIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY.

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