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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0441
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0928 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...E CENTRAL AL INTO CENTRAL GA
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 135...
VALID 110228Z - 110400Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 135 CONTINUES.
SEVERE/TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS REMAINING PORTIONS OF WATCHES
134 AND 135 WHERE NUMEROUS SUPERCELL STORMS CONTINUE.
LATEST RADAR LOOP SHOWS SUPERCELLS MOVING ESEWD ACROSS E CENTRAL AL
AND CENTRAL GA ATTM AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...THROUGH AN
AIRMASS CHARACTERIZED BY 500 TO 1000 J/KG MIXED-LAYER CAPE. AREA
VWP DATA REVELS A VERY FAVORABLY-SHEARED ENVIRONMENT...WITH THE
ROBINS AFB /KJGX/ WSR-88D VWP REVEALING A FLOW VEERING AND
INCREASING RAPIDLY WITH HEIGHT YIELDING A LARGE CLOCKWISE-CURVED
HODOGRAPH...AND 44 KT 0-1 KM SHEAR.
A LARGE SUPERCELL IS CROSSING NRN RUSSELL CO AL ATTM...WHERE A
TORNADO HAS RECENTLY BEEN REPORTED. OTHER INTENSE SUPERCELLS
ARE...APPROACHING NEWTON CO GA...AND NEARING SCHLEY/SUMTER COUNTIES
IN GA. ALONG WITH A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY-DAMAGING
WINDS...ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE.
WHILE SRN EXTENT OF THE THREAT CONTINUES TO APPEAR LIMITED...WE WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR AREAS OF SRN AL/SRN GA FOR AN INCREASE IN THE
POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO SPREAD S OF THE CURRENT WATCHES.
..GOSS.. 04/11/2009
ATTN...WFO...CAE...FFC...TAE...BMX...MOB...
LAT...LON 31808679 31908739 32418696 33698471 33758350 33588221
32008234 31698548 31808679
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