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

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

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

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 699
Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:00:02 -0500

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 699 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1245 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA MUCH OF NORTHERN AND PART OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI PARTS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1245 PM UNTIL 800 PM CDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING AND NUMBER AND INTENSITY ACROSS ERN AR AHEAD OF UPPER LOW. WITH CONTINUED HEATING...SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS OVERALL ACTIVITY SPREADS EWD ACROSS THE WATCH. PRIMARY THREA WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND LOCAL DAMAGING WINDS AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030. ...HALES

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 699 Status Reports
Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:00:04 -0500

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 699  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 NNE JAN TO 30 S GWO TO 20 E GLH TO 15 NNE GLH TO 35 NE GLH TO 25 NNW GWO TO 50 SSE UOX.  ..IMY..10/12/10  ATTN...WFO...JAN...MEG...   STATUS REPORT FOR WS 699   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   MSC007-011-015-019-021-023-025-029-031-035-037-043-049-051-053- 061-063-065-067-069-073-075-077-079-083-085-087-089-091-097-099- 101-103-105-121-123-127-129-133-151-155-159-163-130040-  MS  .    MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  ATTALA               BOLIVAR             CARROLL              CHOCTAW              CLAIBORNE           CLARKE               CLAY                 COPIAH              COVINGTON            FORREST              FRANKLIN            GRENADA              HINDS                HOLMES              HUMPHREYS            JASPER               JEFFERSON           JEFFERSON DAVIS      JONES                KEMPER              LAMAR                LAUDERDALE           LAWRENCE            LEAKE                LEFLORE              LINCOLN             LOWNDES              MADISON              MARION              MONTGOMERY           NESHOBA              NEWTON              NOXUBEE              OKTIBBEHA            RANKIN              SCOTT                SIMPSON              SMITH               SUNFLOWER            WASHINGTON           WEBSTER             WINSTON              YAZOO

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