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 13
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:28:02 -0600

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 13 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1125 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS PARTS OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA PASTS OF SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1125 AM UNTIL 600 PM CST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELLVILLE ARKANSAS TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). 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. DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN NUMBER ACROSS ERN OK INTO NERN TX AHEAD OF STRONG S/WV TROUGH AND DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW. WITH AIR MASS NOW FAVORABLY UNSTABLE AND NEARLY UNCAPPED...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS WILL INCREASE EWD ACROSS THE WATCH THRU THE AFTERNOON. E/W WARM FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL AR WILL BE AN AREA FOR ENHANCED LOW LEVEL SHEAR/SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. TORNADOS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL THAT DEVELOPS. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045. ...HALES

SPC Tornado Watch 13 Status Reports
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:28:10 -0600

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0013 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 12 Status Reports
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:16:03 -0600

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 12  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 SW ADM TO 25 NNE OKC.  ..STOPPKOTTE..02/24/11  ATTN...WFO...OUN...MAF...LUB...SJT...   STATUS REPORT FOR WS 12   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   OKC019-027-049-085-087-099-125-241740-  OK  .    OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  CARTER               CLEVELAND           GARVIN               LOVE                 MCCLAIN             MURRAY               POTTAWATOMIE            THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.

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