Severe Thunderstorm Watch For All Of West Alabama Through 10pm Friday Night…
July 6, 2012 Leave a comment
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 510 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER…THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH…AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 60 MILES EAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
REMEMBER…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 474…
DISCUSSION…CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SVR PULSE TSTMS IN NE MS APPEARS TO HAVE DEVELOPED A SUFFICIENTLY STRONG COLD POOL THAT MAY SUPPORT CONTINUED SW STORM PROPAGATION GIVEN 20-25 KT 700 MB FLOW /PER VWP DATA/ AND CORRIDOR OF RICH LOW LVL MOISTURE ACROSS REGION /PER SFC OBS AND STLT-GPS DERIVED PW/. OTHER STORMS MAY FORM IN ZONE OF UPLIFT AND ENHANCED LOW LVL INSTABILITY ALONG/AHEAD OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER NW AND W CNTRL AL. SETUP MAY YIELD NARROW CORRIDORS
OF LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND POSSIBLY MARGINALLY SVR HAIL THROUGH LATE EVE.
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