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

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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

SPC Tornado Watch 8
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:00:03 -0600

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 800 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT FROM 800 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NAPLES FLORIDA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). 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 7... DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE FL PENINSULA THIS EVENING. LOW LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS ALONG THE LINE...WITH A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. LINE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND MOVE OFFSHORE BY 05Z. 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 25035. ...HART

SPC Tornado Watch 8 Status Reports
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:00:11 -0600

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0008 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Tornado Watch 7 Status Reports
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:47:03 -0600

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 7  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 W FMY TO 45 ESE DAB TO 55 ENE SGJ.  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0045.  ..GRAMS..01/26/11  ATTN...WFO...JAX...MLB...TBW...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 7   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   FLC009-015-027-055-061-071-085-093-097-111-260140-  FL  .    FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  BREVARD              CHARLOTTE           DESOTO               HIGHLANDS            INDIAN RIVER        LEE                  MARTIN               OKEECHOBEE          OSCEOLA              ST. LUCIE               AMZ552-555-GMZ856-260140-  CW   .    ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE  VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 0-20 NM   SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 0-20 NM   COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 NM

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