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

Thursday, February 24, 2011

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

SPC Tornado Watch 15
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:21:02 -0600

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 520 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 520 PM UNTIL 1000 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 25 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY TO 105 MILES EAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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 13...WW 14... DISCUSSION...FAST-MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER AR WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ALONG SURFACE WARM FRONT INTO WESTERN KY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DESPITE MARGINAL INSTABILITY...STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS AND FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR SUGGEST AN INCREASING RISK OF SUPERCELL/BOW ECHO STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. 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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045. ...HART

SPC Tornado Watch 15 Status Reports
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:21:11 -0600

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0015 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Tornado Watch 14 Status Reports
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:41:11 -0600

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0014 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Tornado Watch 13 Status Reports
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:31:04 -0600

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 13  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 SSW GGG TO 25 WSW HOT TO 20 ENE RUE TO 25 WNW BVX.  ..BROYLES..02/24/11  ATTN...WFO...LZK...SHV...TSA...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 13   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   ARC011-013-019-023-025-027-029-039-045-051-053-057-059-069-073- 085-091-099-103-105-119-125-139-145-242340-  AR  .    ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  BRADLEY              CALHOUN             CLARK                CLEBURNE             CLEVELAND           COLUMBIA             CONWAY               DALLAS              FAULKNER             GARLAND              GRANT               HEMPSTEAD            HOT SPRING           JEFFERSON           LAFAYETTE            LONOKE               MILLER              NEVADA               OUACHITA             PERRY               PULASKI              SALINE               UNION               WHITE                  LAC013-015-017-027-031-049-061-073-081-111-119-242340-  LA  .    LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE  BIENVILLE            BOSSIER             CADDO                CLAIBORNE            DE SOTO             JACKSON              LINCOLN              OUACHITA            RED RIVER            UNION                WEBSTER

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