Sunday, September 30, 2012

WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 656...corrected

WWUS20 KWNS 301937 CCB
SEL6
SPC WW 301937 CCB
LAZ000-MSZ000-010100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 656...CORRECTED
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
420 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012

CORRECTED FOR TIME ZONE...CDT NOT CST

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 420 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SLIDELL
LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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...STORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF COLD FRONT AND EAST OF NEWD
ADVANCING MESOLOW CIRCULATION MAY BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. MLCAPE FROM 1000-1500
J/KG AND 0-1 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITY FROM 150-200 M2/S2 WILL
SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED STORMS INCLUDING LOW LEVEL
MESOCYCLONES AND BOWING SEGMENTS AS ACTIVITY CONTINUES THROUGH THE
WARM SECTOR.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.


...DIAL

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