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

Monday, January 17, 2011

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

SPC Tornado Watch 6
Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:57:02 -0600

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1155 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1155 AM UNTIL 700 PM EST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 60 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF FORT MEYERS FLORIDA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF VERO BEACH FLORIDA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). 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 5... DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO PERSIST AND POSSIBLY INCREASE ALONG ENE/WSW ORIENTED QSTNRY FRONT OVER CNTRL FL AS LEAD UPR IMPULSE CONTINUES E FROM THE ERN GULF. STORMS MAY REACH MAXIMUM INTENSITY AS THEY ENCOUNTER CORRIDOR OF MORE STRONGLY BACKED LOW LVL FLOW AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL MOISTURE INFLOW TOWARD THE FL E CST. THIS SETUP MAY YIELD A FEW LOW LVL MESOCYCLONES WITH A POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES. FARTHER W...DOMINANT RISK MAY BE LOCALLY DMGG WINDS FROM SMALL BOWS ASSOCIATED WITH STRENGTHENING/DEEPENING WSW FLOW OVER THE WRN HALF OF THE STATE. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035. ...CORFIDI

SPC Tornado Watch 6 Status Reports
Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:57:10 -0600

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0006 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

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