Post by SKYSUMMIT on Feb 21, 2013 17:33:13 GMT -6
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
520 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 520 PM UNTIL
1100 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 40 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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 37...
DISCUSSION...TSTMS HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED W OF HEZ AND JUST SW OF
JAN...ALONG OR JUST TO THE N OF A WARM FRONT LIFTING NWD THROUGH SRN
MS. GIVEN THE MOISTENING/DESTABILIZATION INVOF OF WARM FRONT WHICH
IS COINCIDENT WITH ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR...THE
POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND A
TORNADO OR TWO.
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 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
...MEAD
