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

Friday, March 4, 2011

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

SPC Tornado Watch 37
Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:02:03 -0600

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 37 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 455 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 455 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ALTON ILLINOIS TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF FARMINGTON MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). 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 36... DISCUSSION...ERN MO QLCS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MAINLY ENE...WITH SOME SWD DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVE. COOL MID LVL TEMPS AND MOISTURE AXIS EXTENDING N UP THE MID MS VLY ARE COMPENSATING FOR RELATIVELY MODEST SFC TEMPS TO YIELD SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR SUSTAINED SFC-BASED STORMS. AS LOW LVL WIND FIELD STRENGTHENS THROUGH THE EVE...AND CNTRL MO UPR IMPULSE CONTINUES ENEWD...POTENTIAL MAY CONTINUE FOR LOW-LVL MESOS WITH A THREAT FOR ISOLD TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO SMALL BOWS WITH DMGG WIND. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035. ...CORFIDI

SPC Tornado Watch 37 Status Reports
Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:02:11 -0600

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0037 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 36 Status Reports
Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:45:04 -0600

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 36  THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.  ..ROGERS..03/04/11  ATTN...WFO...LSX...SGF...   STATUS REPORT FOR WS 36   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   MOC007-009-019-027-029-043-051-055-057-059-065-067-071-073-077- 085-091-093-097-105-109-113-119-125-131-135-139-141-145-151-153- 161-163-167-169-179-183-203-209-213-215-219-221-225-229- 042340-  MO  .    MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  AUDRAIN              BARRY               BOONE                CALLAWAY             CAMDEN              CHRISTIAN            COLE                 CRAWFORD            DADE                 DALLAS               DENT                DOUGLAS              FRANKLIN             GASCONADE           GREENE               HICKORY              HOWELL              IRON                 JASPER               LACLEDE             LAWRENCE             LINCOLN              MCDONALD            MARIES               MILLER               MONITEAU            MONTGOMERY           MORGAN               NEWTON              OSAGE                OZARK                PHELPS              PIKE                 POLK                 PULASKI             REYNOLDS             ST. CHARLES          SHANNON             STONE                TANEY                TEXAS               WARREN               WASHINGTON           WEBSTER             WRIGHT                 THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE

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