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#101 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:12 pm

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0421
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1248 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...NERN CO...FAR SW NEB

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY

VALID 271748Z - 272015Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...5 PERCENT

SUMMARY...ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A BAND OF
CONVECTION ON THE CUSP OF THE LOW-LEVEL DRY SLOT. WW ISSUANCE IS NOT
ANTICIPATED.

DISCUSSION...CONVECTION HAS RECENTLY INCREASED IN A NARROW BAND
ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE DRY SLOT ACROSS NERN CO...COINCIDENT
WITH A NARROW AXIS OF 500 J/KG SBCAPE NOTED BY RECENT OBJECTIVE
MESOANALYSIS. DEEP-LAYER WIND PROFILES WILL NOT FAVOR ORGANIZED
STORM STRUCTURES...BUT STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES COMBINED WITH
RICH SURFACE VORTICITY IN THE VICINITY OF THE SFC LOW WILL RESULT IN
A THREAT OF ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

..DEAN/THOMPSON.. 04/27/2014


ATTN...WFO...LBF...GLD...BOU...

LAT...LON 39160281 39510301 39950296 40500279 40780256 41020230
41370200 41240135 40620186 40060225 39920233 39690238
39410237 39230235 39160237 39160281
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Re: Significant Severe Weather Outbreak Possible 04/26-30/2014

#102 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:13 pm

This could still be a PDS given the wording.

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0420
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1225 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN OK...NERN TX THROUGH WRN AND CNTRL ARKANSAS

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY

VALID 271725Z - 271930Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...95 PERCENT

SUMMARY...THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME INCREASINGLY
FAVORABLE FOR LONG TRACK SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES...A FEW OF
WHICH COULD BE STRONG BY MID-LATE AFTERNOON
. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND WILL ALSO BECOME LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. MESOSCALE AND
CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED...AND A TORNADO
WATCH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY 19Z-20Z.

DISCUSSION...EARLY THIS AFTERNOON A PACIFIC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM
ERN KS SWD THROUGH CNTRL OK INTO NCNTRL TX. A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED
FROM NRN MS THROUGH CNTRL ARKANSAS. THE WARM SECTOR BETWEEN THESE
BOUNDARIES CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE AS A STRONG LLJ ADVECTS UPPER
60S DEWPOINTS NWD BENEATH STEEP LAPSE RATES. HOWEVER...THE RATE OF
BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZATION HAS BEEN SLOWED BY MULTILAYER CLOUDS
INCLUDING STRATUS AND CONVECTIVE DEBRIS. LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY DOES
SHOW NUMEROUS CLOUD BREAKS...AND THE STRATUS DECK OVER CENTRAL
ARKANSAS MAY EVENTUALLY ERODE FROM THE SOUTH. AN AXIS OF 1500-2500
J/KG MLCAPE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THIS REGION THIS AFTERNOON.

A PRE-FRONTAL BELT OF ASCENT WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN EWD
PROPAGATING GRAVITY WAVE CONTINUES FROM WRN ARKANSAS THROUGH NWRN
TX. MEANWHILE AN UPPER JET STREAK ROTATING THROUGH BASE OF THE UPPER
TROUGH WILL SHIFT EWD THROUGH NRN TX INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY.
FORCING FOR ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FEATURES AS WELL AS
BOUNDARY LAYER WARMING SHOULD EVENTUALLY WEAKEN THE CAP SUFFICIENTLY
FOR SURFACE BASED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITHIN AXIS OF
PRE-FRONTAL CONFLUENCE IN WARM SECTOR...AS WELL AS ALONG THE PACIFIC
FRONT. STRENGTHENING WIND PROFILES ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING
UPPER JET AND FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS
WITH LOW-LEVEL MESOCYCLONES CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND LARGE
HAIL. THE 0-1 KM HODOGRAPHS APPEAR MAXIMIZED ACROSS CNTRL AR WHERE
LOW-LEVEL WINDS REMAIN BACKED IN VICINITY OF THE WARM FRONT THAT IS
CURRENTLY BEING REINFORCED BY ELEVATED CONVECTION.

..DIAL/THOMPSON.. 04/27/2014


ATTN...WFO...LZK...SHV...TSA...

LAT...LON 34059531 35869495 35829294 34869170 33779184 32549318
32559460 34059531
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#103 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:27 pm

The linear convection from IA to MS is the warm front, correct? That seems to support the theory yesterday that this system is slower than the models. Maybe the threat needs to shift back west towards I-35?
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#104 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:50 pm

SEL7

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 97
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
150 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARKANSAS
EXTREME NORTHERN LOUISIANA
EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NORTHEAST TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY
WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF HARRISON
ARKANSAS TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 94...WW 95...WW 96...

DISCUSSION...COMPLICATED SCENARIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THREAT
FOR SURFACE-BASED STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL INCREASE IN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS LONG THE SURFACE WIND SHIFT IN ERN OK/NE TX...AND NEAR AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL AR. THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL
BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH TIME...AND WILL SUPPORT A
STRONG TORNADO RISK BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN AR. OTHERWISE...THE MORE
INTENSE SUPERCELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...THOMPSON
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#105 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:53 pm

Probs are 90/60. That is normally a PDS level.
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#106 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:06 pm

Excellent explanation of the northern threat area.

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0422
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0159 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...MOST OF MO...CNTRL IA...FAR WRN IL

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 95...

VALID 271859Z - 272000Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 95 CONTINUES.

SUMMARY...THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
CONTINUES ACROSS TORNADO WATCH 95...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CNTRL/NRN MO
WHERE SOME HEATING HAS OCCURRED. DOWNSTREAM WATCH ISSUANCE WILL
LIKELY BE REQUIRED INTO ERN MO/WRN IL AND PERHAPS SERN IA BEFORE
20Z.

DISCUSSION...AS OF 1830Z...AN EXTENSIVE QLCS RUNS FROM WRN IA INTO
W-CNTRL MO...WITH DAMAGE AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO NOTED RECENTLY NEAR
ODESSA MISSOURI. SOME CLEARING AND DESTABILIZATION HAS OCCURRED
AHEAD OF THE LINE ACROSS ERN MO...ALLOWING MLCAPE TO RISE TO
1000-1500 J/KG PER RECENT OBJECTIVE MESOANALYSIS. WITH SUFFICIENT
EFFECTIVE SHEAR IN PLACE...THE SRN PART OF THE QLCS IS LIKELY TO
MAINTAIN ITSELF AS IT HEADS INTO ERN MO/WRN IL...WHERE ANOTHER WATCH
ISSUANCE MAY BECOME NECESSARY BY 20Z. GIVEN THE WELL-ESTABLISHED
LINEAR MODE...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...THOUGH
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN THAT
LOW-LEVEL WIND PROFILES MAY SLOWLY IMPROVE WITH TIME AHEAD OF THE
LINE.

IN THE NORTHERN PART OF WW 95 ACROSS CNTRL/ERN IA...CLOUDINESS AND
WIDESPREAD CONVECTION HAS LIMITED DESTABILIZATION...BUT SOME
CLEARING/WARMING ACROSS ERN IA MAY HELP TO SUSTAIN A DAMAGING WIND
RISK IN THIS AREA TO THE EAST OF THE CURRENT WATCH.

ACROSS WRN MO...COOL AND STABLE CONDITIONS ARE WIDESPREAD IN THE
WAKE OF THE QLCS. SOME REGENERATION OF CONVECTION HAS BEEN NOTED
ACROSS SWRN MO...WHERE STEEP UPSTREAM LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT A
LOCALLY SEVERE HAIL RISK IN THE NEAR TERM. WHILE THE MAIN PACIFIC
FRONT IS STILL WELL TO THE WEST...IT WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL HOURS
FOR SIGNIFICANT AIRMASS RECOVERY TO OCCUR IN THE WAKE OF THE QLCS.

..DEAN.. 04/27/2014


ATTN...WFO...LSX...DVN...SGF...DMX...EAX...FSD...OAX...

LAT...LON 37669449 39159403 40539434 41299479 42129547 42569525
42679427 41979261 41549196 39959120 39539085 39079055
38689041 38319036 37859076 37619120 37499160 37459212
37229388 37189461 37669449
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Re: Significant Severe Weather Outbreak Possible 04/26-30/2014

#107 Postby Cyclenall » Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:09 pm

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#108 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:38 pm

First tornado on the ground near the triple point in Nebraska. Those low centers can often be sleeper zones...
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#109 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:05 pm

BREAKING NEWS: HIGH RISK just issued for southern Arkansas.
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Better late then never I guess

#110 Postby Cyclenall » Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:10 pm

CrazyC83 wrote:BREAKING NEWS: HIGH RISK just issued for southern Arkansas.

Only 20 hours late!
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Re: Significant Severe Weather Outbreak Possible 04/26-30/2014

#111 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:11 pm

SPC AC 272000

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0300 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

VALID 272000Z - 281200Z

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF CNTRL AR...

...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF AR...NERN
TX...FAR ERN OK AND SRN MO...

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID AND
LOWER MO VALLEY SWD INTO THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MS VALLEY AND
ARKLATEX...

...SUMMARY...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ARKANSAS AND ADJACENT AREAS OF
SOUTHERN MISSOURI...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE GREATEST TORNADO RISK WILL BE
CENTERED ON ARKANSAS...WHERE A FEW STRONG AND LONG-TRACK TORNADOES
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT
. OTHERWISE...A BAND OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MISSOURI AND IOWA THIS AFTERNOON WITH
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES. MORE ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.

...ADDED HIGH RISK TO AR IN ANTICIPATION OF SUPERCELLS FORMING
UPSTREAM OVER NERN TX AND ERN OK...WHICH WILL MATURE AS THEY MOVE
INTO AR WHERE BETTER LOW LEVEL SHEAR EXISTS...


MUCH OF AR...FAR NERN TX AND SRN MO STILL APPEARS TO BE THE GREATEST
THREAT AREA FOR TORNADOES. INSTABILITY AND SHEAR PROFILES WILL
CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE FAVORABLE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. VISIBLE
SATELLITE SHOWS SIGNS OF CU BECOMING GRADUALLY DEEPER WITHIN THE
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AXIS ACROSS NERN TX...SWRN AR AND NRN LA.
SUPERCELLS WILL EVENTUALLY ERUPT ACROSS THESE AREAS...WITH STRONG
TORNADOES POSSIBLE AS WELL AS VERY LARGE HAIL.


...NEB...
STORMS CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW
WHERE HEATING HAS DESTABILIZED THE REGION. STEEP LAPSE RATES AND A
VORTICITY-RICH ENVIRONMENT WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR LOW-TOPPED
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES.

...IA...MO...NERN KS...
WHILE SOME MOISTURE REMAINS BEHIND THE INITIAL LINE OF STORMS...IT
IS UNCLEAR WHETHER ENOUGH DESTABILIZATION WILL OCCUR FOR MORE SEVERE
STORMS. WILL MAINTAIN A CONDITIONAL SLIGHT RISK IN THE WAKE OF THE
EARLIER STORMS GIVEN HEATING AND DRYLINE POSITION...BUT THE OVERALL
SEVERE RISK APPEARS LOW.

..JEWELL.. 04/27/2014
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#112 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:15 pm

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SEL9

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 99
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
300 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL
800 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF PARIS TEXAS TO 15 MILES EAST OF CORSICANA TEXAS.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 94. WATCH NUMBER 94 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 300 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 95...WW 96...WW 97...WW
98...

DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ALONG A
SLOWLY EWD ADVANCING PACIFIC FRONT/DRYLINE WITHIN EXIT REGION OF AN
APPROACHING UPPER JET. THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE
AND 0-6 KM SHEAR UP TO 50 KT WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WIND. AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...DIAL
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#113 Postby WeatherGuesser » Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:18 pm

At the moment, only 6 SVRs and 4 FFWs in effect.
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#114 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:34 pm

Internal words suggest the current Tornado Watch in Arkansas is being canceled in favor of a new PDS Tornado Watch.
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#115 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:42 pm

Probs are 95/80. Awaiting watch text.
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Re: Significant Severe Weather Outbreak Possible 04/26-30/2014

#116 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:43 pm

SEL0

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 100
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
335 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS
EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
NUMEROUS TORNADOES EXPECTED WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY
WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF DE QUEEN
ARKANSAS TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 95...WW 96...WW 97...WW
98...WW 99...

DISCUSSION...DISCRETE STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE
DRYLINE NEAR THE RED RIVER IN SE OK...WHILE OTHER CONVECTION IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FARTHER S IN NE TX THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ENEWD INTO THE WARM SECTOR AND
MATURE...AND WILL ENCOUNTER AN INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT
FOR TORNADOES IN AR. LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS VERY STRONG ALONG A
RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL AR...AND THE LOW LEVELS
WILL SLOWLY WARM AND MOISTEN IN THE WAKE OF EARLIER CONVECTION.
DISCRETE SUPERCELLS MOVING INTO THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LONG TRACK...STRONG/VIOLENT TORNADOES WELL INTO
THE EVENING.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...THOMPSON
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#117 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:59 pm

Cells rapidly going in SE Oklahoma. Only a matter of time before they go tornadic I believe.
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#118 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:02 pm

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0424
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0401 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...NCNTRL MS

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE

VALID 272101Z - 272230Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT

SUMMARY...STORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS A PORTION OF NCNTRL MS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
PERHAPS A COUPLE TORNADOES. MESOSCALE AND CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR A POSSIBLE WW.

DISCUSSION...LATE THIS AFTERNOON A CONVECTIVELY REINFORCED
QUASISTATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS NRN MS. THE WARM SECTOR SOUTH
OF THIS BOUNDARY HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE WITH UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS
AND DIABATIC WARMING CONTRIBUTING TO 1500-2000 J/KG MLCAPE. A STORM
HAS INITIATED ALONG BOUNDARY NEAR THE NWRN MS AND ARKANSAS BORDER.
ENEWD STORM MOTION SUGGESTS IT SHOULD CROSS INTO THE COOL SECTOR.
HOWEVER...IF THE STORM BEGINS TO TURN MORE RIGHT IT MAY REMAIN
SURFACE BASED AS IT MOVES ALONG THE BOUNDARY WHERE LARGE LOW-LEVEL
HODOGRAPHS AND 50 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR WOULD SUPPORT A CONDITIONAL
THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. OTHERWISE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND WILL BE LIKELY.

..DIAL/THOMPSON.. 04/27/2014


ATTN...WFO...MEG...JAN...LZK...

LAT...LON 34349083 34028997 33698925 33478881 33178911 33409011
33869096 34349083
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#119 Postby WeatherGuesser » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:08 pm

CrazyC83 wrote:Cells rapidly going in SE Oklahoma. Only a matter of time before they go tornadic I believe.


The three sw of Ft. Smith?
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#120 Postby Extratropical94 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:13 pm

Are there any tv stations with online live streams covering the outbreak?
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