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

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

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

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 695
Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:40:03 -0500

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 695 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 240 PM MDT WED OCT 6 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN COLORADO EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL 900 PM MDT. 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 30 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH OF GRAND JUNCTION COLORADO TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CORTEZ COLORADO. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 694... DISCUSSION...LARGE SCALE FORCING WILL SPREAD INTO WRN CO DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHES AREA. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE MID/UPPER 70S AND WITH DEWPOINTS HOLDING IN THE MID 40S...MLCAPES ARE BETWEEN 500-1000 J/KG. EFFECTIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR AT 40-50 KT WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS/SMALL BOWS WITH A THREAT FOR SEVERE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE. 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035. ...IMY

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 695 Status Reports
Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:40:12 -0500

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0695 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Tornado Watch 694 Status Reports
Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:57:04 -0500

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 694  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 NW PHX TO 35 SSW GCN TO 45 WSW PGA TO 30 E BCE TO 50 NW 4HV TO 30 NW PUC.  ..JEWELL..10/06/10  ATTN...WFO...FGZ...PSR...SLC...GJT...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 694   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   AZC001-005-007-017-025-062140-  AZ  .    ARIZONA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  APACHE               COCONINO            GILA                 NAVAJO               YAVAPAI                UTC015-017-019-023-025-037-039-055-062140-  UT  .    UTAH COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  EMERY                GARFIELD            GRAND                JUAB                 KANE                SAN JUAN             SANPETE              WAYNE                  THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.

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