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

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

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

SPC Tornado Watch 45
Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:41:02 -0600

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 45 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 240 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 240 AM UNTIL 800 AM 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 95 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MC COMB MISSISSIPPI TO 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI. 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 44... DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS/LINES OF STRONG-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. SHEAR PROFILES ARE QUITE STRONG AND FAVOR SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. IF ANY DISCRETE CONVECTION CAN FORM IN THE WARM SECTOR...THEY WOULD POSE THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT. 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030. ...HART

SPC Tornado Watch 45 Status Reports
Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:41:10 -0600

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0045 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Tornado Watch 44 Status Reports
Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:38:03 -0600

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 44  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 WSW IER TO 35 SSE MLU TO 40 S GLH.  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0210  ..COHEN..03/09/11  ATTN...WFO...MOB...JAN...LZK...SHV...LCH...LIX...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 44   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   ALC023-097-129-090840-  AL  .    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  CHOCTAW              MOBILE              WASHINGTON             LAC001-003-005-007-009-011-019-025-029-033-037-039-041-043-047- 051-053-055-059-063-069-071-077-079-087-089-091-093-095-097-099- 103-105-107-115-117-121-125-090840-  LA  .    LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE  ACADIA               ALLEN               ASCENSION            ASSUMPTION           AVOYELLES           BEAUREGARD           CALCASIEU            CATAHOULA           CONCORDIA            EAST BATON ROUGE     EAST FELICIANA      EVANGELINE           FRANKLIN             GRANT               IBERVILLE            JEFFERSON            JEFFERSON DAVIS     LAFAYETTE            LA SALLE             LIVINGSTON          NATCHITOCHES         ORLEANS              POINTE COUPEE       RAPIDES

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