PDS is up
Posted by JAC on 5/1/2010, 5:16 pm
 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 320 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA NORTHEAST TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BATESVILLE ARKANSAS TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA. 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 124... DISCUSSION...INTENSE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG SURFACE COLD FRONT FROM NORTHEAST TX INTO CENTRAL AR. RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS...COUPLED WITH A VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LONG-TRACK TORNADOES. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040. ...HART |
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Another PDS Saturday - Strong Theta-E advecting from GOM - JAC, 5/1/2010, 10:33 am
- Particularly Dangerous Situation coming up for Memphis Area - JAC, 5/1/2010, 9:09 pm
- Wall cloud spotted and hook forming between West Memphis & Downtown - JAC, 5/1/2010, 11:39 pm
- Re: Wall cloud spotted and hook forming between West Memphis & Downtown - JAC, 5/1/2010, 11:40 pm
- Memphis Under-the-Gun. 50K-Ft Cell coming in from SW, Heavy Lightning - JAC, 5/1/2010, 10:44 pm
- Moving into Strengthening STP Bulls-Eye - JAC, 5/1/2010, 10:50 pm
- Re: Particularly Dangerous Situation coming up for Memphis Area - JAC, 5/1/2010, 9:44 pm
- STP Ridge building in, cap breaking, huge theta-e concentration, 110 Knot Jet - JAC, 5/1/2010, 9:53 pm
- Wall cloud spotted and hook forming between West Memphis & Downtown - JAC, 5/1/2010, 11:39 pm
- SREF shows Max Significant Tornado Potential (STP) for SE AR this evening - JAC, 5/1/2010, 11:54 am
- Star City AR under the gun - JAC, 5/1/2010, 8:48 pm
- MCS extending across TN should push south into MS, AL, GA later today - JAC, 5/1/2010, 11:10 am
- Significant Strengtheing this Afternoon - JAC, 5/1/2010, 12:34 pm
- Vincent Webb chasing into uncapped STP Ridge west of Jackson MS - JAC, 5/1/2010, 11:06 am
- High Tornado Risk Area - JAC, 5/1/2010, 11:12 am
- Terry Tyler near STP Bulls-Eye - JAC, 5/1/2010, 11:43 am
- Nesbit MS - JAC, 5/1/2010, 11:17 am
- Tyler Costantini near Memphis - JAC, 5/1/2010, 11:15 am
- High Tornado Risk Area - JAC, 5/1/2010, 11:12 am
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