Tornado threat tomorrow!!!
Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 7:13 pm
TO issue a special weather statement a day early must mean there is a "real threat"
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
600 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2003
...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY...
.THREAT AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...FAR NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE.
.TIME OF SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM WEST OF
I-95...AND BETWEEN 4 AND 8 PM EAST OF I-95.
.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WILL MOVE
RAPIDLY INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION TOMORROW. A WARM AND HUMID
AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE AND
RESULT IN THE DEVELOPING LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE
DAYTIME HEATING...ALONG WITH THE STRONG WIND SPEEDS ALOFT AND AN
APPROACHING VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL PROVIDE A
FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.
.SPOTTER ACTIVATION...SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SATURDAY.
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 80 MPH...
LARGE HAIL ONE INCH OR GREATER IN DIAMETER...
TORNADOES...
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/AKQ.
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
600 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2003
...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY...
.THREAT AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...FAR NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE.
.TIME OF SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM WEST OF
I-95...AND BETWEEN 4 AND 8 PM EAST OF I-95.
.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WILL MOVE
RAPIDLY INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION TOMORROW. A WARM AND HUMID
AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE AND
RESULT IN THE DEVELOPING LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE
DAYTIME HEATING...ALONG WITH THE STRONG WIND SPEEDS ALOFT AND AN
APPROACHING VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL PROVIDE A
FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.
.SPOTTER ACTIVATION...SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SATURDAY.
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 80 MPH...
LARGE HAIL ONE INCH OR GREATER IN DIAMETER...
TORNADOES...
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/AKQ.
