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

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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

SPC Public Severe Weather Outlook
Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:11:02 -0600

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1109 AM CST TUE MAR 08 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATER TODAY 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 VALLEY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE MOST OF LOUISIANA SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI...ARKANSAS...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN ALABAMA. AN UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTH WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO TO STREAM NORTHWARD ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AS A WARM FRONT SHIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST. LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARM FRONT AND THE UPPER-LEVEL SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK FOR STRONG TORNADOES WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.

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