Posted on 03/02/2012 8:33:15 AM PST by dirtboy
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 57 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 955 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA WESTERN KENTUCKY SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 955 AM UNTIL 600 PM CST.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 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 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI TO 25 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. 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 55...WW 56...
DISCUSSION...A VOLATILE ENVIRONMENT IS DEVELOPING TODAY ACROSS NWD-EXPANDING WARM SECTOR...FEATURING MLCAPE VALUES OF 1000-2500 J/KG...DEEP-LAYER SHEAR OF 50-60 KT AND EFFECTIVE SRH OF 300-600 M2/S2. TSTMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF COLD FRONT OVER SERN MO/W-CNTRL IL ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO INTENSE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LONG-TRACKED...SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.
*** OUTBREAK OF STRONG TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY TODAY
OVER A LARGE AREA ***
...SRN IL…IND…OH…KY…NRN TN…
STORMS ARE CURRENTLY INTENSIFYING OVER IL AND SERN MO NEAR THE LOW
AND ALONG THE DEVELOPING COLD FRONT. MEANWHILE…THE WARM FRONT HAS
RAPIDLY LIFTED NWD OVER THIS AREA…REPLACING COOL AIR WITH WARM AND
UNSTABLE AIR. FURTHER WARMING WILL OCCUR EWD INTO OH LATER TODAY.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY FAVORABLE SETUP FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS AND
DAMAGING WINDS…NEAR THE LOW TRACK…AHEAD OF THE UPPER VORTICITY
CENTER AND NEAR THE RETREATING WARM FRONT. LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL
REMAIN STRONG…AS WILL FORCING. STORMS CURRENTLY OVER SERN MO/IL
SHOULD THRIVE AS THEY MOVE ACROSS A WIDE AND DESTABILIZING WARM
SECTOR. THIS SHOULD FAVOR LONG LIVED AND FAST MOVING TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO
WANE LATE THIS EVENING NEAR THE ERN FRINGE OF THE MDT RISK AREA AS
LOW LEVELS COOL.
My cousin posted this photo to FB this morning. She lives in central IL.
Already on the ground in Northern Alabama : |
Prayers up for all in the paths, and for their families across the country.
Tatt
Already severe damage and a tornado emergency from a tornado in Northern Alabama.
As if Alabama needed more tornado devastation. And it’s only March 2nd.
My home is in central KY where, for some odd reason, there is a history of very few actual tornadoes, but my workplace is off I-65, ~40 miles south of Louisville, where we got hammered. What I saw on my way home from work Wednesday made my jaw drop. It just happened that the very large metal building that was ripped to shreds was right next to the highway, and a LARGE part of it’s roof was in the median. On the other side of the freeway all the trees were yellow, filled with insulation.
I’m in Huntsville.
Hopefully since spring is coming in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb...
Had about 10-12 Minutes of 1”+ Hail here east of Indy.
If they put bullseyes on weather maps, you see one over you today. :) Keep a close watch through this evening, and stay safe!
I live just NW of Hunstville, Al and just had a large tornado on the ground pass just north of my home. Early damage reports indicate a school was damaged.
A pic of the rain wrapped tornado...
https://twitter.com/#!/reedtimmerTVN/status/175622066714836992/photo/1
PDS has been officially trademarked as “Palin Derangement Syndrome”
Nope. I just checked the active weather channel map. It missed us and has passed over with nothing behind it.
We’re good!
Getting rapped up side the head with one of those would hurt!
There is another line forming through Illinois into the Missouri Boot Heel. Be sure to keep checking for weather warnings all day.
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