The first tornado warnings of the day in the western portion of my state:TORNADO WARNINGALC063-065-105-261900-/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0014.110326T1805Z-110326T1900Z/BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDTORNADO WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL105 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...* UNTIL 200 PM CDT* AT 104 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUFFYS BEND...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEMOPOLIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENSBORO...MARION...GREENSBORO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...NEWBERN... CEDARVILLE...FOLSOM AND MORGAN SPRINGS.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THELOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.&&TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.LAT...LON 3283 8735 3259 8730 3253 8782 3254 8781 3255 8783 3272 8784TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 258DEG 28KT 3264 8774$$JD/02
Were getting a lot of bright flashes of lightning and loud thunder at the moment, no warning out here.
Quote from: SnowManiac on March 26, 2011, 05:32:06 PMWere getting a lot of bright flashes of lightning and loud thunder at the moment, no warning out here.That is exactly what I want BEFORE my bedtime tonight and NOT overnight. Lord, break the damn cap!
EXCEPT SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUEDEVELOPING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANYDECREASE IN INSTABILITY WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING ISEXPECTED TO BE OFFSET BY THE APPROACH OF THE SURFACE LOW AFTERSUNSET. THE SURFACE LOW WILL RIDE ALONG THE STALLED BOUNDARY FROMTHIS MORNING...MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.THIS WILL KEEP THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS...ESPECIALLY INTHE NORTH...INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0283 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0603 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 AREAS AFFECTED...NERN MS AND NRN AL CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE VALID 262303Z - 262330Z A NEW WW MAY BE NEEDED DURING THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS MAINLY NRN AL. LATE AFTERNOON SURFACE ANALYSES SHOWED AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE HAD FORMED AND WAS TRACKING EWD INTO EXTREME NWRN AL ALONG A SURFACE BOUNDARY WHICH EXTENDED E THEN SE AS A WARM FRONT INTO NRN TO ERN AL. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT TRAILING SWWD FROM THE AL LOW WAS MOVING SLOWLY SWD THROUGH NERN-WEST CENTRAL MS. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR NEW TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS THE RECENT DESTABILIZATION OF THE AIR MASS ACROSS NRN AL WHERE LATE DAY SURFACE HEATING/LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION HAS OCCURRED AS SURFACE WINDS HAVE BECOME SSWLY WITH THE NWD MOVEMENT OF THE WARM FRONT. OBJECTIVE ANALYSES INDICATED THE WARM SECTOR IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPE 1000-2000 J/KG. THE COVERAGE/INTENSITY...PER REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY...OF ELEVATED TSTMS ONGOING FROM SRN MIDDLE TN TO FAR NRN MS SUGGESTS THE FORCING FOR ASCENT ATTENDANT TO A SHORTWAVE TROUGH TRACKING INTO THE OH VALLEY/ENTRANCE REGION OF 70 KT WLY MIDLEVEL JET IS SUFFICIENTLY STRONG. THUS...AS THIS FORCING PROGRESSES EWD ACROSS THE NRN EXTENT OF THE WARM SECTOR...CELLS ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG THE COLD FRONT IN NERN MS AND THE WARM FRONT OVER NORTH CENTRAL AL SHOULD BECOME MORE ROBUST. EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR AROUND 50 KT AND ENHANCED LOW LEVEL SHEAR /EFFECTIVE SRH 200-300 M2 PER S2/ WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH AN ATTENDANT TORNADO AND LARGE HAIL POTENTIAL. ..PETERS.. 03/26/2011 ATTN...WFO...BMX...HUN...MEG... LAT...LON 33968561 33818652 33958808 34148829 34648804 34748724 34648626 34578557 34048546 33968561
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 745 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA WESTERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM UNTIL 300 AM 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 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 50 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 62...WW 63...WW 64... DISCUSSION...CORRIDOR BETWEEN SYNOPTIC WARM FRONT AND AIR MASS WHICH HAD BECOME HOT AND DEEPER MIXED /GENERALLY FROM NRN AL INTO CNTRL GA/ HAS MAINTAINED A MOIST...MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN CONJUNCTION WITH RELATIVELY STRONG LOW AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR. AS SUCH...EXPECT ONGOING SUPERCELLS TO PROGRESS EWD/ESEWD THROUGH WW AREA WITH A CONTINUED THREAT FOR TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28035. ...MEAD
Tornado Watch #65 has been issued until 4am EDT NOTE: THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE TORNADO WATCH #62 THAT WAS TO EXPIRE AT 9PM EDT, BUT THE NEW ONE INCLUDES THE ATLANTA METRO AREA.Quote URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 745 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA WESTERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM UNTIL 300 AM 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 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 50 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 62...WW 63...WW 64... DISCUSSION...CORRIDOR BETWEEN SYNOPTIC WARM FRONT AND AIR MASS WHICH HAD BECOME HOT AND DEEPER MIXED /GENERALLY FROM NRN AL INTO CNTRL GA/ HAS MAINTAINED A MOIST...MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN CONJUNCTION WITH RELATIVELY STRONG LOW AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR. AS SUCH...EXPECT ONGOING SUPERCELLS TO PROGRESS EWD/ESEWD THROUGH WW AREA WITH A CONTINUED THREAT FOR TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28035. ...MEADSource: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0065.html
