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

Friday, December 31, 2010

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

SPC Tornado Watch 773
Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:57:32 -0600

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 773 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 400 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). 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 769...WW 770...WW 771...WW 772... DISCUSSION...TSTMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF MS AS PACIFIC FRONT INTERACTS WITH A MOISTENING ENVIRONMENT. SSWLY LLJ IS FORECAST TO PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN MORE THAN SUFFICIENT LOW AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR TO SUPPORT EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035. ...MEAD

SPC Tornado Watch 773 Status Reports
Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:57:35 -0600

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 773  THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0005  ..JEWELL..01/01/11  ATTN...WFO...JAN...MEG...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 773   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   ARC003-017-077-107-010240-  AR  .    ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  ASHLEY               CHICOT              LEE                  PHILLIPS                LAC025-029-035-041-065-067-083-107-123-010240-  LA  .    LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE  CATAHOULA            CONCORDIA           EAST CARROLL         FRANKLIN             MADISON             MOREHOUSE            RICHLAND             TENSAS              WEST CARROLL           MSC001-003-007-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-025-027-029-031- 033-035-037-043-049-051-053-055-057-061-063-065-067-069-071-073- 075-077-079-081-083-085-087-089-091-093-095-097-099-101-103-105- 107-115-117-119-121-123-125-127-129-133-135-137-139-141-143-145- 149-151-155-159-161-163-010240-

SPC Tornado Watch 772 Status Reports
Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:59:06 -0600

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 772  THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0005  ..JEWELL..01/01/11  ATTN...WFO...LCH...SHV...JAN...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 772   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   LAC003-009-011-021-039-043-049-059-069-073-079-097-115-127- 010240-  LA  .    LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE  ALLEN                AVOYELLES           BEAUREGARD           CALDWELL             EVANGELINE          GRANT                JACKSON              LA SALLE            NATCHITOCHES         OUACHITA             RAPIDES             ST. LANDRY           VERNON               WINN                   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.

SPC Tornado Watch 771 Status Reports
Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:59:09 -0600

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0771 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Tornado Watch 770 Status Reports
Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:59:11 -0600

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0770 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Tornado Watch 769 Status Reports
Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:59:13 -0600

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 769  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 NW MCB TO 25 ENE MCB TO 30 S PIB TO 15 ESE ASD TO 30 ESE LFT.  ..JEWELL..01/01/11  ATTN...WFO...MOB...LIX...JAN...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 769   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   LAC005-033-037-047-063-075-077-091-103-105-117-121-125-010140-  LA  .    LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE  ASCENSION            EAST BATON ROUGE    EAST FELICIANA       IBERVILLE            LIVINGSTON          PLAQUEMINES          POINTE COUPEE        ST. HELENA          ST. TAMMANY          TANGIPAHOA           WASHINGTON          WEST BATON ROUGE     WEST FELICIANA          MSC005-109-113-147-157-010140-  MS  .    MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  AMITE                PEARL RIVER         PIKE                 WALTHALL             WILKINSON              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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