[wxqc] OT: High Risk of Severe Thunderstorms Today

[Christopher Gillard]

Thanks Dave!  I run my VHF marine radio on wx scan most of the time now just in case of advisories.  It's that time of year.
Chris Gillard
CW2693
Melbourne Beach, FL
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dave Helms<mailto:dshelms at comcast.net> 
  To: Discussion of weather data quality issues<mailto:wxqc at lists.gladstonefamily.net> 
  Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 08:00 AM
  Subject: [wxqc] OT: High Risk of Severe Thunderstorms Today


  Hi Folks,

  Spring is here (meteorologically speaking)... today is a rare "high 
  risk" day for severe thunderstorms.  Listen to media and NOAA weather 
  radio for details!

  Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Day 1 (today) Outlook Graphic:
  http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html<http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html>

  Current SPC Watches:
  http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/<http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/>

  SPC Day 1 (today) Outlook Narrative:
  http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/pwo.html<http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/pwo.html>

    ZCZC SPCPWOSPC ALL
     WOUS40 KWNS 010834
     ALZ000-MSZ000-011630-
     
     PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
     NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
     0234 AM CST THU MAR 01 2007
     
     ...A MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO
     VALLEY...LOWER AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...EASTWARD ACROSS THE 
     GULF AND SOUTH ATLANTIC COASTAL STATES.
     
     THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS ALSO FORECASTING THE
     DEVELOPMENT OF A TORNADOES...SOME WHICH MAY BE STRONG AND LONG
     TRACKED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. THIS
     AREA IS IN A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
     
     THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
     
            ALABAMA
            EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
     
     SURROUNDING THE HIGH RISK AREA...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE
     THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOWER HALF OF THE MISSISSIPPI
     VALLEY AND GULF/SOUTH ATLANTIC COASTAL STATES.
     
     A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL TRANSLATE EASTWARD FROM THE MID
     MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY THE NEXT
     24 HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM...ALONG WITH VERY
     STRONG JET LEVEL WINDS. AT THE SAME TIME...STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY
     WINDS ARE RAPIDLY TRANSPORTING MOISTURE NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE
     FRONT. SEVERE STORMS ARE ALREADY ONGOING THIS MORNING ACROSS
     PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS...AND WITH DAYTIME
     HEATING...THE COVERAGE OF SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE.
     
     THE MOST INTENSE STORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING AND INTO THE
     AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. THESE STORMS
     WILL BE IN A VERY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT STORMS TO ROTATE AND SPAWN
     LONG TRACKED...STRONG TORNADOES.
     
     STRONG TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATER TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF
     TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA....WHILE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE AND ISOLATED
     TORNADOES ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY.
     
     THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE
     THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND
     TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
     POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.
     
     ..IMY.. 03/01/2007
     

  Please monitor NOAA Weather Radio broacasts for Warnings issued for your 
  community.  If you encounter severe weather, and can safely do so, 
  please report hail, funnel clouds, tornado, and wind damage to your 
  local NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office (WFO).  WFOs are providing 
  Skywarn training right now; sign-up through their web page for the next 
  "spotter" course in your community.

  Remember the NWS flood safety slogan, "Turn around, don't drown!" when 
  you encounter water covering roads.  It only takes a few inches of water 
  to move a vehicle off the road.


  Dave
  CW0351



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