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Re: Tornado outbreak again today?

#801 Postby RL3AO » Sun May 25, 2008 2:12 pm

CrazyC83 wrote:Kinda surprised it is PDS, maybe the threat increased?


I'm shocked.
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#802 Postby KWT » Sun May 25, 2008 2:12 pm

Well here we go again I suppose, a fairly quick start as well again I've noticed, will be interesting to see whether the PDS is justified or not?
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Re: Tornado outbreak again today?

#803 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 2:12 pm

The outbreak continues tomorrow:

SPC AC 251722

DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1222 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

VALID 261200Z - 271200Z

...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF CNTRL AND SRN
KS...

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE SRN
PLAINS...CNTRL PLAINS...SRN HIGH PLAINS...MID MS VALLEY...OH VALLEY
AND NRN APPALACHIAN MTNS...

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT APPEARS LIKELY ACROSS CNTRL AND
SRN KS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...


...CNTRL AND SRN PLAINS...
SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS TONIGHT WILL BECOME MORE
WESTERLY AS AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IN THE NRN U.S. MOVES EWD INTO THE
GREAT LAKES REGION. IN THE WAKE OF THE TROUGH...AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE
WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS AS STRONG LOW-LEVEL FLOW
ASSOCIATED WITH A 40 TO 50 KT LOW-LEVEL JET REINFORCES MOISTURE
ACROSS A BROAD WARM SECTOR. MODERATE INSTABILITY IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP FROM SRN KS ACROSS OK INTO THE OZARK REGION BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH THE LOW-LEVEL JET AND MODERATE TO
STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR SHOULD SUPPORT A WELL-ORGANIZED SEVERE MCS
ACROSS PARTS OF KS FROM LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MUCH OF THE
EVENING. FURTHER WEST...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ALSO INITIATE ALONG THE
DRYLINE IN WEST TX AND ON THE WEST EDGE OF THE INSTABILITY AXIS IN
ERN CO.

AT THE SFC...A 998 TO 1000 MB LOW IS FORECAST OVER SW KS MONDAY
AFTERNOON WITH A SHARP WARM FRONT EXTENDING EWD ACROSS CNTRL KS.
STRONG DIRECTIONAL SHEAR WILL EXIST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY
WHICH WILL ENHANCE LOW-LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES. THE
INSTABILITY...VERTICAL SHEAR AND STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL SUPPORT
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG
TORNADOES SHOULD EXIST ESPECIALLY WITH SUPERCELLS THAT MOVE EWD
ALONG THE WARM FRONT
WHERE 0-1 KM HELICITIES WILL BE LOCALLY
ENHANCED. SUPERCELLS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL DUE TO
A PLUME OF STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND
MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT. THE THREAT
FOR LARGE HAIL WILL LIKELY EXTEND SWD ALONG THE DRYLINE INTO WEST TX
WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE THERE. FURTHER WEST
ACROSS ERN CO...A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP WHERE STRONG
VERTICAL SHEAR WILL EXIST IN THE EXIT REGION OF AN APPROACHING 50 TO
60 KT MID-LEVEL JET.

THE MCS OVER KS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD ACROSS ERN KS INTO MO
DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT PERIOD. VERTICAL SHEAR AND
INSTABILITY ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THE ENVIRONMENT WILL
SUPPORT A SEVERE THREAT AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THE WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL
COULD BECOME ENHANCED IF A LARGE BOWING SEGMENT CAN ORGANIZE ACROSS
ERN KS AND THE OZARK REGION.

...MID-MS VALLEY/OH VALLEY/ERN GREAT LAKES...
AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL DEAMPLIFY AND BROADEN ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES REGION TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED IN
WLY FLOW IS FORECAST TO DRIFT EWD ACROSS THE MID TO UPPER MS-VALLEY
WITH A LOW-LEVEL JET MOVING EWD INTO THE OH VALLEY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
SEVERAL MCS CLUSTERS APPEAR LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
ASSOCIATED WITH LIFT FROM THE LOW-LEVEL JET AND SHORTWAVE TROUGH.
MODEL FORECASTS DEVELOP MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS MOST OF THE
MID-MS AND OH VALLEYS WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWING MODERATE
VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES IN PLACE. ALTHOUGH SHEAR APPEARS TO BE ON
THE LOW-END FOR SUPERCELLS...A FEW SUPERCELLS MAY DEVELOP IN AREAS
WITH LOCALLY MAXIMIZED INSTABILITY. THE SHEAR AND THERMODYNAMIC
ENVIRONMENT LOOKS MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE MULTICELL LINE SEGMENTS
WITH WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL. AN AREA WITH ENHANCED WIND DAMAGE
POTENTIAL COULD DEVELOP IF INSTABILITY AND SHEAR PARAMETERS END UP
BEING A BIT STRONGER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.


..BROYLES.. 05/25/2008

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#804 Postby Siberian Express » Sun May 25, 2008 2:23 pm

KWT wrote:Well here we go again I suppose, a fairly quick start as well again I've noticed, will be interesting to see whether the PDS is justified or not?


I hope not, but time will tell.

Bust or otherwise, the SPC has and knows the data. We all know that sometimes weather "changes".
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#805 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 2:25 pm

344
WWCN12 CWTO 251921
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 3:21 PM EDT SUNDAY 25 MAY 2008.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR:
=NEW= KENORA - NESTOR FALLS
FORT FRANCES - RAINY LAKE
ATIKOKAN - SHEBANDOWAN - QUETICO PARK.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
==DISCUSSION==
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER. WARM MOIST AIR PUSHING NORTHWARD FROM MINNESOTA
ALONG WITH COLDER DRIER AIR ALOFT WILL COMBINE TO MAKE CONDITIONS
FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.


PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

END/RUDDICK

411
WWCN11 CWWG 251913
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 2:13 PM CDT SUNDAY 25 MAY 2008.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR:
=NEW= WHITESHELL - LAC DU BONNET - PINAWA
=NEW= SPRAGUE - NORTHWEST ANGLE PROVINCIAL FOREST.

THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
==DISCUSSION==
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST
MANITOBA FROM THE SPRAGUE AREA INTO SANDILANDS PROVINCIAL FOREST.
SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OF 2 CM
OR MORE AS WELL AS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 90 KM/H.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE
ENDING BY EVENING.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

END/JRP
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#806 Postby Bunkertor » Sun May 25, 2008 2:27 pm

*AMATEUR*


I see it coming

SPC AC 2.351.722

DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1200 PM CDT SUN DEC 24 2008

VALID 261200Z - 271200Z

...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF CNTRL AND SRN
KS......
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#807 Postby RL3AO » Sun May 25, 2008 2:28 pm

Expect the first warning soon in Minnesota.
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#808 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 2:29 pm

New watch - a rare PDS Severe knowing there is a major derecho threat?

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1024
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0223 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...NRN/CNTRL KS...SERN NEB

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY

VALID 251923Z - 252030Z

18Z MESOANALYSIS PLACES A SFC TROUGH FROM WRN IA SWWD TO MIDWAY
BETWEEN KCNK AND KMHK THEN WWD TO FINNEY COUNTY KS. ANOTHER
BOUNDARY WAS MOVING SEWD FROM SCNTRL NEB AND NWRN KS...MARKING EDGE
OF A COOLER/DRIER BOUNDARY LAYER IN WAKE OF THE MID-LEVEL
DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO THE MID-MO VLY. RECENT TRENDS SHOW THAT THE
LOW-MID 60S SFC DEW POINTS HAVE BEGUN TO SLOSH NWD AGAIN... PROBABLY
EN ROUTE TO AN EVENING POSITION NEAR/S OF THE NRN SFC TROUGH.

18Z TOP SOUNDING EXHIBITED ABOUT 40 J/KG MLCINH. SUSPECT THAT
HEATING/SFC CONVERGENCE INVOF THE SFC TROUGH/RETREATING MOIST
BOUNDARY LAYER WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN INHIBITION THROUGH LATE AFTN.
TSTMS WILL PROBABLY EVOLVE FROM THE CU BAND ALREADY EVIDENT ACROSS
NRN KS AND/OR DEVELOP NEWD FROM THE WRN KS TSTMS.

CURRENT VERTICAL WIND PROFILES ARE SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC WITH VEERING
NOTED THROUGH 1KM...THEN GENTLY BACKING THROUGH 3-4 KM BEFORE
VEERING AGAIN TO THE TOP OF THE TROP. ALSO...THE VERTICAL SHEAR IS
ON THE LOW END FOR SUPERCELLS. HOWEVER...SUCH STEEP LAPSE RATES
NOTED WILL OFFSET NEGATIVES WITH INITIAL STORMS EXHIBITING BRIEF
SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND DMGG WINDS.
BRIEF TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS UPDRAFT ACCELERATION WILL
BE RATHER STRONG VCNTY THE BOUNDARIES.

KINEMATIC/THERMODYNAMIC SET-UPS THIS EVENING WILL FEATURE THE RIGHT
ENTRANCE REGION TO A 70+ KT H5 JET AND A DIURNAL INCREASE IN A SLY
LLJ NORMAL TO THE SW-NE ORIENTED BOUNDARY. GIVEN VERY MOIST INFLOW
INTO THE S END OF THE DEVELOPING STORMS...A BACKBUILDING MCS IS
LIKELY OVERNIGHT. ALSO...GIVEN WSWLY FLOW IN THE MID-LEVELS AOA 40
KTS ROUGHLY PARALLEL WITH THE BOUNDARY...A MODEST DEGREE OF FORWARD
PROPAGATION WILL OCCUR. AS A RESULT...DMGG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BECOME MORE OF AN ISSUE LATER THIS EVENING NEWD TOWARD SERN
NEB.

ANOTHER WW WILL BE LIKELY FOR PARTS OF NRN/CNTRL KS AND SERN
NEB...DOWNSTREAM FROM THE TORNADO WATCH IN SWRN KS.

..RACY.. 05/25/2008


ATTN...WFO...OAX...TOP...ICT...GID...DDC...GLD...

40579633 40169556 39679558 39159606 38969642 38349750
38209841 37890009 38330160 38780169 39220159 39540006
39709907 39949832 40269745
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#809 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 2:30 pm

Another watch coming at the border counties, bridging the gap:

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1025
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0225 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...NRN MN/NWRN WI

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH NEEDED SOON

VALID 251925Z - 252000Z

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS AND
A WATCH ISSUANCE WILL BE COORDINATED BETWEEN THE SPC AND THE
AFFECTED LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES SHORTLY.

TSTMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH NWRN MN AND
WILL LIKELY MOVE TOWARD NCNTRL/NERN MN AND NWRN WI THIS EVENING.
PREVIOUS STABLE/COOLER AIR POCKET OVER CNTRL/NERN MN IS GIVING WAY
TO RAPIDLY RECOVERING BOUNDARY LAYER.

..RACY.. 05/25/2008


ATTN...WFO...DLH...MPX...FGF...

46139568 48809503 48269215 46419105 45779142 45869456
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#810 Postby KWT » Sun May 25, 2008 2:41 pm

000
WUUS53 KLSX 251936
SVRLSX
MOC099-252030-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0189.080525T1937Z-080525T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
237 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HILLSBORO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANTONIA...
BARNHART...
PEVELY...
HOUSE SPRINGS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3827 9073 3850 9049 3842 9036 3828 9037
3817 9061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 230DEG 8KT 3826 9060

$$

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#811 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 2:41 pm

TORNADO WARNING
KSC101-171-252030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0056.080525T1939Z-080525T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
239 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF
SCOTT CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTT CITY...
GRIGSTON...
MANNING...
HEALY...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR SCOTT COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3869 10086 3869 10050 3846 10061 3845 10103
3858 10097
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 246DEG 28KT 3850 10092

$$

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#812 Postby KWT » Sun May 25, 2008 2:42 pm

Well there we go looks like its starting doesn't it..also severe Tstorm warning in KS:

000
WUUS53 KGLD 251932
SVRGLD
KSC063-109-252015-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0103.080525T1932Z-080525T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
232 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
THE MONUMENT ROCKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
THE MONUMENT ROCKS AROUND 240 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3881 10015 3868 10047 3869 10049 3869 10092
3870 10093 3907 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 217DEG 25KT 3870 10077

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#813 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 2:46 pm

SEL0

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 360
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

MUCH OF MINNESOTA
PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN
LAKE SUPERIOR

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRAINERD
MINNESOTA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 357...WW 358...WW 359...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT
ENTERING WRN MN AS AIRMASS IS DESTABILIZING RAPIDLY ACROSS WARM
SECTOR. WITH STRONG SHEAR AND STEEP LAPSE RATES...SUPERCELLS WILL
BE LIKELY WITH ASSOCIATED LARGE HAIL AND TORNADO THREAT.

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
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


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#814 Postby KWT » Sun May 25, 2008 2:48 pm

Also looks like we've a;so got a very northerly tornado watch just been issued thanks to the supercells present up there:

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 360
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

MUCH OF MINNESOTA
PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN
LAKE SUPERIOR

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.


DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT
ENTERING WRN MN AS AIRMASS IS DESTABILIZING RAPIDLY ACROSS WARM
SECTOR. WITH STRONG SHEAR AND STEEP LAPSE RATES...SUPERCELLS WILL
BE LIKELY WITH ASSOCIATED LARGE HAIL AND TORNADO THREAT.
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#815 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 2:52 pm

Really mean supercell also over Lake of the Woods - hook echo at the bottom of it?

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/radar/in ... tml?id=XDR
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#816 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 2:54 pm

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1026
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0249 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...NERN OK...SERN KS...SWRN MO...NWRN AR

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 358...

VALID 251949Z - 252045Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 358 CONTINUES.

SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. INITIAL THREAT WILL BE LARGE
HAIL...ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF DMGG WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL
INCREASE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

STRONG THETA E ADVECTION INTO THIS REGION SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH
ANY REMAINING CAP SHOWN ON THE 18Z SGF SOUNDING. A SURFACE BASED
THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH CAPE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 4000
J/KG. AS MID LEVEL WINDS INCREASE AHEAD OF THE UPPER WAVE...THE
THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DMGG WINDS WILL CONTINUE. STEEPENING LOW
LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND BACKED FLOW AT THE SURFACE...WHICH IS SHOWN
BOTH IN THE 18Z AND SURFACE OBS AND AHEAD OF CURRENT
CONVECTION/MCV...WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE THREAT OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

..HURLBUT.. 05/25/2008


ATTN...WFO...LZK...SGF...TSA...ICT...OUN...

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#817 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 2:56 pm

TORNADO WARNING
TXC205-252030-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0005.080525T1953Z-080525T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
253 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HARTLEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
CHANNING...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTH OF DALHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHANNING BY 310 PM CDT
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARTLEY BY 320 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS
TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1.

LAT...LON 3593 10236 3565 10217 3563 10260 3569 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 240DEG 30KT 3567 10254

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JJB/MJ
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#818 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 3:06 pm

Awaiting the 2000Z update...should be interesting.
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#819 Postby RL3AO » Sun May 25, 2008 3:10 pm

Lets see if they go 15H over the PDS area.
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#820 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 3:10 pm

2000: southern MDT virtually unchanged, northern MDT expanded southward, SLGT expanded
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