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SEL3
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 33
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
810 PM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
East central Mississippi
* Effective this Tuesday night from 810 PM until Midnight CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY...A squall line across western and central Mississippi will
progress eastward for the next few hours, with a continuing threat
for damaging gusts and isolated large hail.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles northwest of
Columbus MS to 20 miles west southwest of Pine Belt MS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 28...WW 29...WW 30...WW
31...WW 32...
AVIATION...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 450. Mean storm motion vector
27040.
...Thompson
SEL3
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 33
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
810 PM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
East central Mississippi
* Effective this Tuesday night from 810 PM until Midnight CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY...A squall line across western and central Mississippi will
progress eastward for the next few hours, with a continuing threat
for damaging gusts and isolated large hail.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles northwest of
Columbus MS to 20 miles west southwest of Pine Belt MS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 28...WW 29...WW 30...WW
31...WW 32...
AVIATION...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 450. Mean storm motion vector
27040.
...Thompson
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW3
WW 33 SEVERE TSTM MS 040110Z - 040500Z
AXIS..40 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
25NW CBM/COLUMBUS MS/ - 20WSW PIB/PINE BELT MS/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 35NM E/W /27NNW IGB - 32E MCB/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040.
LAT...LON 33888805 31368897 31369031 33888945
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU3.
Watch 33 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 33
VALID 040240Z - 040340Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 S JAN TO
45 NW MEI TO 20 SSE TUP.
..LEITMAN..04/04/18
ATTN...WFO...JAN...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 33
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
MSC023-025-031-061-065-067-069-075-077-087-099-101-103-105-123-
127-129-159-040340-
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CLARKE CLAY COVINGTON
JASPER JEFFERSON DAVIS JONES
KEMPER LAUDERDALE LAWRENCE
LOWNDES NESHOBA NEWTON
NOXUBEE OKTIBBEHA SCOTT
SIMPSON SMITH WINSTON
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
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Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
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Low (<5%)
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Probability of 1 or more strong (F2-F5) tornadoes
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Low (<2%)
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Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
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Mod (40%)
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Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
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Low (10%)
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Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
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Low (20%)
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Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
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Low (<5%)
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Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
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Mod (60%)
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For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The "Low" category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (F2-F5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
"Moderate" from 30% to 60%, and "High" from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.
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