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

Sunday, February 27, 2011

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

SPC - No watches are valid as of Sun Feb 27 10:28:01 UTC 2011
Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:27:09 -0600

No watches are valid as of Sun Feb 27 10:28:01 UTC 2011.

SPC Public Severe Weather Outlook
Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:27:02 -0600

 PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0425 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2011  ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE OZARK PLATEAU INTO MID-SOUTH/LOWER OHIO VALLEY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES AND POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE OZARK PLATEAU INTO MID-SOUTH/LOWER OHIO VALLEY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.  THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE         MUCH OF ARKANSAS        SOUTHERN ILLINOIS        FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA        WESTERN KENTUCKY        SOUTHEAST MISSOURI        WESTERN TENNESSEE  ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS EAST/NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI/OHIO VALLEYS AND MID-SOUTH.  A POWERFUL UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED 100+ MPH JET STREAM OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN DESERTS THIS MORNING WILL PROGRESS EAST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS... REACHING THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY MONDAY MORNING.  MEANWHILE...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE FORMING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS OR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA BEFORE ACCELERATING NORTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT.  SOUTHERLY WINDS IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL DRAW A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS NORTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS...MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND OH VALLEYS.

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