Latest Update from the NWS regarding this Afternoon’s Severe WX potential.. @wvua23 #alwx

THE TORNADO THREAT WILL LIKELY INCREASE THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH SUPERCELLS MOVING OUT OF EASTERN

MS. A NEW TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY 20Z.



DISCUSSION...AS OF 1910 UTC, REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED SCATTERED

THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN

MS, INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN AL. ADDITIONAL WARM-SECTOR STORMS WERE

FORMING ALONG THE MS/AL BORDER REGION. GRADUAL INTENSIFICATION IN

LIGHTNING HAS BEEN NOTED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS, SUGGESTING A

SLOW INCREASE IN SEVERE POTENTIAL. WHILE STORMS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO

ORGANIZE THUS FAR, PERSISTENT MID-LEVEL MESOCYCLONES WITHIN A MOIST,

UNSTABLE AND STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT (100-200 M2/S2 0-1KM SRH)

CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES WITH SUPERCELL

STRUCTURES. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO BECOME A THREAT GIVEN THE

CLUSTERED NATURE OF THE CURRENT STORMS. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR

SUPERCELLS TO PERSIST, AND ADDITIONAL STORMS TO DEVELOP, WITHIN THE

STRONGLY SHEARED WARM SECTOR, A NEW TORNADO WATCH WILL BE NEEDED

ACROSS PARTS OF AL THIS AFTERNOON.