Re: lets make that PDS tornado watch just been issued
Posted by Fred on 4/10/2011, 4:57 pm
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
  TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 120
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  320 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011
 
  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
  TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
 
         PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
         PARTS OF WESTERN NORTHERN MICHIGAN
         SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
         MUCH OF WISCONSIN
         LAKE SUPERIOR
 
  EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM UNTIL
  1100 PM CDT.
 
  ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
 
  DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 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 105 STATUTE
  MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
  IRONWOOD MICHIGAN TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF CAMP DOUGLAS WISCONSIN.
  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
  OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
 
  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.
 
  DISCUSSION...RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS
  IMMINENT ALONG THE COLD FRONT FROM WI/MN BORDER INTO NERN IA.  AIR
  MASS HAS DESTABILIZED AHEAD OF FRONT WITH MLCAPES TO 2000
  J/KG...COUPLED WITH A VERY INTENSE WIND FIELD WILL LEAD TO POTENTIAL
  OF BOTH VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOS  WITH ANY SUPERCELL.  THERE IS
  THE THREAT OF LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS ALONG WITH STRONG/DAMAGING
  TORNADOES.
 
  AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
  SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
  500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050.
 
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lets make that PDS tornado watch just been issued - TFG, 4/10/2011, 4:27 pm
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