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

Saturday, March 5, 2011

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

SPC Tornado Watch 40
Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:17:02 -0600

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 40 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 315 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PARTS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 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 65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MOBILE ALABAMA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MARIANNA FLORIDA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39. WATCH NUMBER 39 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 315 PM CST. DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS SRN LA ARE CONTINUING EWD AS THE STRONG UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE W. WHILE THE AIR MASS AHEAD OF THE STORMS IS NOT QUITE AS UNSTABLE AS EARLIER OVER LA...SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL POTENTIAL AS WELL AS MAINTAINING THE CURRENT SQUALL LINE. GREATEST SEVERE THREAT WILL BE COASTAL AREAS AND OFFSHORE WHERE INSTABILITY IS MOST FAVORABLE. 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 24035. ...HALES

SPC Tornado Watch 40 Status Reports
Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:17:10 -0600

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0040 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Tornado Watch 39 Status Reports
Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:32:04 -0600

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 39  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 WSW BVE TO 25 ENE MCB.  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0191  ..GARNER..03/05/11  ATTN...WFO...MOB...LCH...LIX...JAN...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 39   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   ALC003-023-025-097-129-052140-  AL  .    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  BALDWIN              CHOCTAW             CLARKE               MOBILE               WASHINGTON             LAC075-087-052140-  LA  .    LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE  PLAQUEMINES          ST. BERNARD            MSC035-039-041-045-047-059-067-073-091-111-131-153-052140-  MS  .    MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  FORREST              GEORGE              GREENE

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