STORM2K

I don't recall ever seeing a "severe weather statement" before. Help me out with this one folks; It's new to me...

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NCC043-130045-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
824 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 824 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF SHOOTING CREEK...OR
6 MILES EAST OF HAYESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SHOOTING CREEK AROUND 835 PM EDT...

WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WHICH COULD PUSH OVER SHALLOW
ROOTED TREES AND BREAK TREE LIMBS ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR WRIST.

HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...OR THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED.

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3513 8385 3495 8385 3492 8352 3515 8352

$$

GH

The purpose of severe weather statements (AWIPS ID - SVS) are to provide the public with updated information on pre-exsting severe thunderstorm or torando warnings. A severe weather statement may also be used to cancel a warning, or relay damage reports.

In other words, it's sort of like a warning "status message".

They are issued to provide more information after a warning has been issued. They used this a few weeks ago during the severe weather in Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri... as well as during the OKC tornado a few years ago.

Thanks for the replies...

We get "SPECIAL weather statements" here every time during our afternoon severe thunderstorms..

The last time I think we had a severe weather statement was either during Gabrielle, or our 1998 tornado outbreak

Josephine96 wrote:
The last time I think we had a severe weather statement was either during Gabrielle, or our 1998 tornado outbreak

I have to respectfully disagree, John. Here are some Severe Weather Statements that I pulled up from your NWS Office's website.

Click Here

You are correct, though; most of the Florida NWS offices do issue Special Weather Statements (not necessarily an HWO) indicating current trends and whatnot. But ALL NWS offices issue Severe Weather Statements to update Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Warnings.

Yup... I have heard these Special Weather Statement from the National Weather Service in Melbourne, FL many times.

These statements are common from the Natinoal Weather Service in Taunton, MA, too.

LOL Brian.. Thank you for the clarification

No problem Plus, unless it dealt with a tornado warning, I don't think Severe Weather Statements are issued typically for hurricane/tropical storms. That is what the Hurricane Local Statement is used for.