Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Heads up ! ! ! !

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 345 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND PART OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA CENTRAL AND WESTERN GEORGIA EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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 124... DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF AL AND INTO WRN GA. ADDITIONAL CLUSTER OF STORMS MAY REMAIN INTENSE AS IT LIFTS NNEWD ACROSS SWRN GA. WARM FRONT IS BECOMING BETTER DEFINED INTO CENTRAL AL/GA AND SHOULD SERVE TO ENHANCE LOW LEVEL SHEAR WITHIN WW. IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.

3 comments:

Dewdrop said...

Mike, that's a hoot, we both posted that at the exact same time. Working hard or hardly working...? lol

Michael said...

yeah... i guess we got some ends covered today!

Dewdrop said...

We're on it, leave it to our team, keep it tuned to us for live full coverage of the Alabama/Georgia April Tornado Outbreak!!!