SEL2 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 62 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 420 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY SOUTHEAST OHIO WESTERN VIRGINIA WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 420 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 1.5 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 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON KENTUCKY TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2). 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 57...WW 58...WW 59...WW 60...WW 61... DISCUSSION...MULTIPLE SUPERCELLS WITH A HISTORY OF TORNADOES OVER CNTRL KY ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EWD INTO THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WITHIN EXPANDING WARM SECTOR OF INTENSIFYING EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE. THOUGH REGION WILL REMAIN ON THE ERN ENVELOPE OF STRONGER INSTABILITY...THE PRESENCE OF VERY STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR AND ESTABLISHED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES INDICATES A HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES. SOME CONSOLIDATION OF NRN-MOST SUPERCELLS INTO A FAST-MOVING BOW ECHO SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE WHICH WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Particularly Dangerous Situation Tornado Watch #62
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