[wxqc] OT: High Risk of Severe Thunderstorms Today

[Dave Helms]

Sad stories starting to be heard from Enterprise, Alabama:
http://www.edendailynews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=ENT%2FMGArticle%2FENT_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149193469068&path=%21news
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/03/01/severe.weather/index.html

Dave Helms wrote:

>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
>
>Current SPC Watches:
>http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/
>
>SPC Day 1 (today) Outlook Narrative:
>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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