Tornado Watch For Atlanta Soon?
02/11/2009 14:53
Latest Meso Discussion indicates that the Tornado Watch may be extended to the east...
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0101
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0129 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...THE NERN QUARTER OF AL/NRN GA AND VICINITY...
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 17...
VALID 111929Z - 112130Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 17 CONTINUES.
SEVERE/ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES.
LATEST RADAR LOOP SHOWS SEVERAL BANDS LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION MOVING
RAPIDLY EWD AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING SURFACE FRONT. WHILE INSTABILITY
REMAINS BASICALLY NIL...STRENGTH OF THE LARGE-SCALE FORCING WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FORCED/RELATIVELY INTENSE CONVECTION.
WITH WIND FIELD THROUGH A DEEP LAYER WELL IN EXCESS OF 60 TO 80
KT...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. WITH THE CONVECTION
PROGRESSING ENEWD AT ROUGHLY 50 MPH...STORMS SHOULD BEGIN AFFECTING
AREAS E OF THE CURRENT WATCH IN THE NEXT 1 1/2 TO 2 HOURS -- WHICH
SHOULD EVENTUALLY REQUIRE NEW WW ISSUANCE.
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0101
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0129 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...THE NERN QUARTER OF AL/NRN GA AND VICINITY...
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 17...
VALID 111929Z - 112130Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 17 CONTINUES.
SEVERE/ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES.
LATEST RADAR LOOP SHOWS SEVERAL BANDS LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION MOVING
RAPIDLY EWD AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING SURFACE FRONT. WHILE INSTABILITY
REMAINS BASICALLY NIL...STRENGTH OF THE LARGE-SCALE FORCING WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FORCED/RELATIVELY INTENSE CONVECTION.
WITH WIND FIELD THROUGH A DEEP LAYER WELL IN EXCESS OF 60 TO 80
KT...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. WITH THE CONVECTION
PROGRESSING ENEWD AT ROUGHLY 50 MPH...STORMS SHOULD BEGIN AFFECTING
AREAS E OF THE CURRENT WATCH IN THE NEXT 1 1/2 TO 2 HOURS -- WHICH
SHOULD EVENTUALLY REQUIRE NEW WW ISSUANCE.