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

Thursday, November 25, 2010

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

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 752
Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:00:04 -0600

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 752 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 140 PM CST THU NOV 25 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI PARTS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL 700 PM CST. HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2). 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 ALONG AND AHEAD OF STRONG COLD FRONT. WHILE AIR MASS ONLY MARGINALLY UNSTABLE BUT VERY MOIST...THE STRONG WIND PROFILES WILL SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BOTH EMBEDDED IN THE LINE ALONG FRONT AND POSSIBLY MORE DISCRETE STORMS IN WARM SECTOR. PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HOWEVER THERE IS POTENTIAL OF BRIEF ROTATING STORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WITHIN ANY STORM THAT CAN DEVELOP IN WARM SECTOR. AVIATION...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 23040. ...HALES

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 752 Status Reports
Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:00:06 -0600

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 752  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 NNW MLU TO 20 SSW LLQ TO 20 NW GLH TO 35 NE GLH TO 35 SW UOX TO 45 SSE MKL TO 50 SSW CKV.  ..JEWELL..11/25/10  ATTN...WFO...JAN...LZK...MEG...   STATUS REPORT FOR WS 752   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   ARC003-017-252340-  AR  .    ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  ASHLEY               CHICOT                 MSC003-011-013-043-071-081-083-115-117-133-135-139-141-145-151- 161-252340-  MS  .    MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  ALCORN               BOLIVAR             CALHOUN              GRENADA              LAFAYETTE           LEE                  LEFLORE              PONTOTOC            PRENTISS             SUNFLOWER            TALLAHATCHIE        TIPPAH               TISHOMINGO           UNION               WASHINGTON           YALOBUSHA               TNC039-071-252340-

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