PDS 331 in my area
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 12:05 pm
Could be the outbreak of the year around here:
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 331
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1150 AM EST SUN MAY 30 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
MUCH OF INDIANA
WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1150 AM UNTIL 700
PM EST.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 10
MILES WEST OF FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY.
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 329...WW 330...
DISCUSSION...NRN IL MCS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD INTO IND LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS MAINTAINING A THREAT FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES/DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS. FARTHER S AND E...
SUPERCELLS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS ALONG
DIFFUSE NW/SE WARM FRONT ACROSS CNTRL PARTS OF IND/KY. ISOLATED
ACTIVITY NOW DEVELOPING IN WARM SECTOR OVER SERN IL/WRN KY MAY ALSO
PERSIST AS SURFACE HEATING COUNTERACTS WARM ADVECTION LIKELY
OCCURRING IN THE 800-700 MB LAYER. VERY RICH MOISTURE INFLOW AND
STRENGTHENING DEEP WIND FIELDS MAY SUPPORT A FEW TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 331
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1150 AM EST SUN MAY 30 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
MUCH OF INDIANA
WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1150 AM UNTIL 700
PM EST.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 10
MILES WEST OF FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY.
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 329...WW 330...
DISCUSSION...NRN IL MCS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD INTO IND LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS MAINTAINING A THREAT FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES/DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS. FARTHER S AND E...
SUPERCELLS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS ALONG
DIFFUSE NW/SE WARM FRONT ACROSS CNTRL PARTS OF IND/KY. ISOLATED
ACTIVITY NOW DEVELOPING IN WARM SECTOR OVER SERN IL/WRN KY MAY ALSO
PERSIST AS SURFACE HEATING COUNTERACTS WARM ADVECTION LIKELY
OCCURRING IN THE 800-700 MB LAYER. VERY RICH MOISTURE INFLOW AND
STRENGTHENING DEEP WIND FIELDS MAY SUPPORT A FEW TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.
