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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1221
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0721 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...SERN VA
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 464...
VALID 190021Z - 190045Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 464
CONTINUES.
ISOLD LARGE HAIL/DMGG WIND POTENTIAL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH
THE HOUR ACROSS PARTS OF SERN VA. WW WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE BUT
AN ISOLD SEVERE THREAT MAY CONTINUE BEYOND 01Z.
LATEST RADAR/SURFACE COMPOSITE SHOWS STRONG/SEVERE STORMS ARE NOW
CONFINED TO SERN VA NEAR DIFFUSE WARM FRONTAL SEGMENT ATTENDANT TO A
WEAK SURFACE LOW OVER SERN PA. THE ONLY 2 STORMS OF SIGNIFICANCE
/SUPERCELLS LOCATED OVER ISLE OF WIGHT/KING AND QUEEN COUNTIES AS OF
0015Z/ WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO MOVE SEWD ALONG AFOREMENTIONED
BOUNDARY.
STRONGLY VEERING LOW LEVEL CLOCKWISE CURVED HODOGRAPHS WITH OBSERVED
STORM MOTIONS ROUGHLY AT 335 DEG/17 KTS SHOWS 0-1 KM SRH 150-200
MS/S2 ACCORDING TO AKQ VWP DATA...BENEATH 45 KTS 0-6 KM SHEAR. THIS
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UPDRAFT ROTATION WITHIN THETA-E AXIS
EXTENDING NEWD INTO THE TIDEWATER AREA. COMBINED WITH A VERY MOIST
BOUNDARY LAYER FAVORING A LOW LCL ENVIRONMENT BELOW 1000 M...A
NON-ZERO THREAT FOR AN ISOLD TORNADO MAY EXIST IN THE NEAR TERM.
WITH THAT SAID...THESE STORMS WILL PROBABLY POSE A LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLD DMGG WIND THREAT BEFORE GRADUAL DIURNAL STABILIZATION AND A
GENERAL OVERALL WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED.
..SMITH.. 06/19/2009
ATTN...WFO...AKQ...
LAT...LON 36437661 37237691 37827694 37957671 37777636 37247605
36597587 36247586 36217637 36437661
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