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 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 14:32:04 -0600

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 13  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 S PRX TO 40 ESE FYV.  ..STOPPKOTTE..02/24/11  ATTN...WFO...LZK...SHV...TSA...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 13   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   ARC011-013-019-023-025-027-029-039-045-051-053-057-059-061-069- 071-073-081-083-085-091-097-099-101-103-105-109-113-115-119-125- 127-129-133-137-139-141-145-149-242140-  AR  .    ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  BRADLEY              CALHOUN             CLARK                CLEBURNE             CLEVELAND           COLUMBIA             CONWAY               DALLAS              FAULKNER             GARLAND              GRANT               HEMPSTEAD            HOT SPRING           HOWARD              JEFFERSON            JOHNSON              LAFAYETTE           LITTLE RIVER         LOGAN                LONOKE              MILLER               MONTGOMERY           NEVADA              NEWTON               OUACHITA             PERRY               PIKE                 POLK                 POPE                PULASKI              SALINE               SCOTT               SEARCY               SEVIER               STONE               UNION                VAN BUREN            WHITE               YELL                   LAC013-015-017-027-031-049-061-073-081-111-119-242140-  LA

SPC Public Severe Weather Outlook
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:27:02 -0600

 PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1026 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011  ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE         NORTHWEST ALABAMA        SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS        SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY        THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL        NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI        WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE  ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM EAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TODAY...EASTWARD TO EASTERN TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT.  AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...AND AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND COLD FRONT...WILL MOVE EASTWARD AND NORTHEASTWARD FROM TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING TO ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...AND THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT. IN ADVANCE OF THIS STORM...MOISTURE IS SPREADING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  THIS MOISTURE WILL FUEL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER...AND THE STORMS WILL INTENSIFY THROUGH THE EVENING WHILE SPREADING ACROSS ARKANSAS...WESTERN TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.  THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES...AND A FEW STRONG/DAMAGING TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON

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