SPC Tornado Watch 41
Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:00:02 -0600
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 625 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY EVENING FROM 625 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA TO 50 MILES EAST OF GOLDSBORO NORTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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...LOW-TOPPED CONVECTIVE BAND HAS FORMED ALONG A LOW-LVL CONFLUENCE ZONE OVER ERN NC/SE VA THIS EVE...ON LEADING EDGE OF MID-LVL HEIGHT FALLS/COLD ADVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH EJECTING UPR VORT. STRENGTH OF LOW-LVL WIND FIELD AND WEAK LINEAR FORCING IN SRN PART OF CONVECTIVE BAND SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR LOW-LVL MESOS/ISOLD TORNADOES IN E CNTRL/NE NC. FARTHER N...LOW-LVL LINEAR FORCING WILL INCREASE THIS EVE AS SFC COLD FRONT OVERTAKES CONVECTIVE BAND. THIS SUGGESTS A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR LEWPS WITH LOCALLY DMGG WIND IN NRN PART OF WW. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040. ...CORFIDIRead more
SPC Tornado Watch 41 Status Reports
Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:00:04 -0600
STATUS FOR WATCH 0041 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YETRead more
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