...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL QUITMAN...PANOLA AND WEST CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTIES... AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST MARKS...OR 18 MILES EAST OF CLARKSDALE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BATESVILLE... FALCON...WEST MARKS...RIVERVIEW...HINCHCLIFF...ESSEX...CHAPELTOWN... ASA...BALLENTINE...LOCKE STATION...HORATIO...HAYES CROSSING AND JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
April 26: Tornado Warning (Radar-Indicated Tornado)- Near West Marks, MS
April 26: Tornado Warning (Radar-Indicated Tornado)- Near Somerville, TN
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN...SOUTH CENTRAL HAYWOOD AND NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES... AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOMERVILLE...OR 21 MILES WEST OF BOLIVAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOLIVAR... HILLVILLE...SOMERVILLE...WHITEVILLE...WILLISTON...MOORMAN...YUM YUM...TAYLOR CHAPEL...MILLER...FAYETTE CORNERS...LACONIA...POWERS... CEDAR CHAPEL AND VILDO.
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April 26: Tornado Warning (Radar Indicated Tornado)- Near Ferguson, MS
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN TALLAHATCHIE...QUITMAN...COAHOMA...SOUTHWESTERN PANOLA AND SOUTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES... AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FERGUSON...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF WHITE RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOBO... CLARKSDALE...COAHOMA...DENTON...FALCON...LYON...RATIO...CATRON... MELLWOOD...LUNDELL...MOSBY SPUR...FERGUSON...RENA LARA AND BEVERLY. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR DESOTO LAKE AND HORSESHOE LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
April 26: Tornado Warning (Developing Tornado)- Near Blooming Grove, TX
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHERN NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR ITALY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BLOOMING GROVE AND BARDWELL AROUND 640 PM CDT... BARRY AROUND 645 PM CDT... EMHOUSE AND ALMA AROUND 650 PM CDT... RICE AND OAK VALLEY AROUND 655 PM CDT... CORSICANA AND RETREAT AROUND 700 PM CDT... MUSTANG AROUND 705 PM CDT... THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 23... I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 224 AND 249.
April 26: Tornado Warning (Tornado On Ground)- Near Purtis Creek State Park (6:38pm)
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... SOUTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 627 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO NEAR PURTIS CREEK STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EDOM AND BROWNSBORO AROUND 705 PM CDT... CHANDLER AROUND 725 PM CDT...
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near Snow Lake, AR
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... NORTHEASTERN DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF SNOW LAKE...OR 6 MILES EAST OF WHITE RIVER NWR. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... WHITE RIVER NWR... STIMSON... SNOW LAKE... LORAYS... LACONIA... WEBER... MOZART... WOLF BAYOU... PRAIRIE LAKES... LITTLE GOOSE LAKE... KNOWLTON... JACKS BAY... HOLE IN THE WALL LAKE... HICKORY SLOUGH... H LAKE... DRY LAKE... DEERFIELD... BROOKS LAKE...
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near Enola, AR
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CLEBURNE... WEST CENTRAL WHITE AND NORTHEASTERN FAULKNER COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ENOLA...OR 16 MILES EAST OF CONWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... ROSE BUD... MT VERNON... GRAVEL HILL... ENOLA... ROMANCE... PEARSON... JOY... HOPEWELL... HOLLAND... FLOYD... ENDERS... BARNEY... WHITE OAK MTN... SOUTH SHORE PARK... NAYLOR... MCGINTYTOWN... GIN MTN... GARLAND MTN... AT 625 PM CDT...A WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL CLOUD WERE OBSERVED WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF VILONIA.
April 26: Tornado Warning (Tornado On Ground)- Between Hartford and Beaver Dam, KY
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAYSON...NORTHEASTERN OHIO...SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND SOUTHWESTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES... THIS STORM CONTINUES TO BE VERY DANGEROUS. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND WITH THIS STORM BETWEEN HARTFORD AND BEAVER DAM. SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED AT HARTFORD...AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT FORDSVILLE WITH THIS STORM. PLEASE TAKE COVER NOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THIS DANGEROUS STORM * THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... TOUSEY AND DEMPSTER... FALLING BRANCH AND HICKORY CORNER... CANNONS POINT AND INDIAN VALLEY...
April 26: Tornado Warning (Earlier Report of Funnel Cloud)- Near Richland, MI
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM EDT... AT 724 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN KALAMAZOO COUNTY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NASHVILLE... MORGAN... ASSYRIA... BANFIELD... HICKORY CORNERS... LACEY... DOWLING... QUIMBY... MAPLE GROVE... CEDAR CREEK...
April 26: Tornado Warning (Funnel Cloud)- Near Delta, AR/MS
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL QUITMAN...NORTHERN COAHOMA...SOUTHERN TUNICA...SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES... AT 625 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR 3 MILES NORTH OF STOVALL. THIS TORNADO WAS NOW LOCATED NEAR DELTA...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF HELENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELAINE... HELENA...LAKE VIEW...WEST HELENA...COAHOMA...LULA...WESTOVER... QUARLES...SPRING CREEK...LAMBROOK...RATIO...CATRON...MELLWOOD AND LUNDELL. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BEAVERDAM LAKE...FLOWER LAKE...HORSESHOE LAKE...MOON LAKE...OLD TOWN LAKE AND TUNICA LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
April 26 Public Severe Weather Outlook from SPC
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0317 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE PARTS OF THE OZARK PLATEAU INTO UPPER PORTIONS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES AND POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE PARTS OF THE OZARK PLATEAU INTO UPPER PORTIONS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WESTERN TENNESSEE NORTHEAST TEXAS ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EASTWARD AND NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS AND LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION. AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS BECOMING SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH THE OZARK PLATEAU AND UPPER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE ADVANCES EASTWARD OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES BY EARLY THIS EVENING...STRENGTHENING WIND FIELDS ARE EXPECTED TO ENHANCE THESE STORMS...AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TORNADOES...AS WELL AS ORGANIZING STORM CLUSTERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THIS THREAT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT...WITH THE DANGERS AGGRAVATED BY OBSCURATION ASSOCIATED WITH NIGHTFALL. STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS POTENTIALLY 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.
Damage in Vilonia, AR
Damage from likely tornado(es) has been discovered in the town of Vilonia, Arkansas.
2 were killed by tornadoes, another 3 allegedly by flooding.
2 were killed by tornadoes, another 3 allegedly by flooding.
April 26: Tornado Warning (Funnel Cloud)- Near Hopkinsville, KY
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT. * AT 509 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 12 MILES WEST OF HOPKINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... HOPKINSVILLE... CROFTON... PEMBROKE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 24 BETWEEN EXITS 65 AND 73. THIS INCLUDES THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY BETWEEN EXITS 7 AND 23.
April 26: Tornado Warning (Developing Tornado)- Near Purtis Creek State Park, TX
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN KAUFMAN AND SOUTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTIES... AT 513 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF PURTIS CREEK STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CANTON AROUND 520 PM CDT... MURCHISON AROUND 530 PM CDT... EDOM...BROWNSBORO AND VAN AROUND 545 PM CDT... THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 518 AND 542.
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near Hickman, KY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... HICKMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT. * AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HICKMAN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... HICKMAN... CAYCE... CLINTON... FULTON... FULGHAM...
April 26: Tornado Warning (Funnel Cloud)- Near Madisonville, KY
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... NORTHEASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... NORTHERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT. * AT 505 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MADISONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL NORTHWEST OF MADISONVILLE. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... MADISONVILLE... LIVERMORE... THIS INCLUDES THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY BETWEEN EXITS 42 AND 49. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER TO GOLD BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
April 26: Tornado Warning (Developing Tornado)- Near Palmer, TX (5:12pm cdt)
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... SOUTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 509 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR PALMER...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ROSSER AROUND 520 PM CDT... COTTONWOOD AROUND 525 PM CDT... GRAYS PRAIRIE...OAK GROVE AND KAUFMAN AROUND 530 PM CDT... KEMP AROUND 535 PM CDT... THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 251 AND 263.
2nd High Risk of 2011 Issued- April 26
The 2nd high risk of severe weather has been issued for areas in the South.
Areas in the High Risk include:
-Northwest Mississippi
-Southwest Tennessee
-South Arkansas
-Extreme Southeast Oklahoma
-Northeast Texas
Below is the Tornado, Wind, Hail risks
These storms will intensify as forcing in the upper atmosphere begins to make more tornado warnings.
If you are in the Moderate/High risk areas or near those areas, stay abreast of the latest developments.
Areas in the High Risk include:
-Northwest Mississippi
-Southwest Tennessee
-South Arkansas
-Extreme Southeast Oklahoma
-Northeast Texas
Below is the Tornado, Wind, Hail risks
These storms will intensify as forcing in the upper atmosphere begins to make more tornado warnings.
If you are in the Moderate/High risk areas or near those areas, stay abreast of the latest developments.
April 26: Tornado Warning (Radar-Indicated Tornado)- Near Four Forks, AR
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR ST. FRANCIS...NORTH CENTRAL LEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CROSS COUNTIES... AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUR FORKS...OR NEAR PALESTINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AT 500 PM CDT...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR PALESTINE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORREST CITY...MADISON...PALESTINE...L`ANGVILLE...FITZGERALD CROSSING... WITTSBURG...LEVESQUE...RIVER FRONT...PRINCEDALE...MC DONALD... CHATFIELD...FOUR GUMS...HAWKINS AND SLONIKERS MILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near Boundurant, MS/MO/KY
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 500 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF BOUNDURANT...MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HICKMAN AND CAYCE.
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near Cardiff, AR
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN LOGAN...WEST CENTRAL YELL AND NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARDIFF...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALDRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... MT MAGAZINE... MAGAZINE... BOONEVILLE... BLUE MTN LAKE... WAVELAND... SUGAR GROVE... HAVANA... GRAYSON... DRIGGS... CORLEY... CARBON CITY... BLUE MTN... WHITE OAK MTN... WAVELAND PARK... WALNUT GROVE... REVILEE... QUARRY HEIGHTS... PLEASANT HILL...
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near Nimrod Lake, AR
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CONWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NIMROD LAKE...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE OUACHITA. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... PERRYVILLE... MORRILTON... SEQUOYA PARK... PETIT JEAN SP... PERRY... OPPELO... LONG MTN... HOUSTON... HARRIS BRAKE... ADONA... ADA... THORNBURG... NIMROD... NEW DIXIE... KENWOOD... HOMEWOOD... HOLLIS... FOURCHE...
April 26: Tornado Warning (Funnel Cloud)- Highway 293 near Providence, KY
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... NORTHERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT. * AT 447 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ON HIGHWAY 293 SOUTH OF PROVIDENCE. THE STORM WAS NEAR PROVIDENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. AT 447 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR PROVIDENCE. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... PROVIDENCE... DIXON... SEBREE... CALHOUN... BEECH GROVE... ST. JOSEPH... LIVERMORE... THIS INCLUDES THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY BETWEEN EXITS 49 AND 63. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near Star City, AR
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... NORTHERN DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STAR CITY. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... STAR CITY... YANCOPIN... WOODVILLE... WHITEFIELD... TRUSTEN HOLDER WMA... RICHARDSON... NEBO... MORGAN PT REC AREA... MITCHELLVILLE... MILLS... MERRISACH LAKE... LITTLE BAYOU METO PARK... LINWOOD... LANGFORD... GRADY... GOULD... GILLETT... FEENYVILLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH..
April 26: Tornado Warning (Developing Tornado) -Near Mabank, TX
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN HENDERSON...SOUTHERN KAUFMAN AND SOUTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTIES... AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MABANK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EUSTACE AND LOG CABIN AROUND 500 PM CDT... PURTIS CREEK STATE PARK AROUND 505 PM CDT... CANTON AROUND 515 PM CDT... MURCHISON AROUND 525 PM CDT... BROWNSBORO AND VAN AROUND 540 PM CDT... EDOM AROUND 545 PM CDT... THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 518 AND 542.
April 26: Tornado Warning (Radar-Detected Tornado)- Near Gill, AR
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR ST. FRANCIS...NORTHWESTERN LEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CROSS COUNTIES... AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GILL...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF PALESTINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORREST CITY...MADISON...PALESTINE...L`ANGVILLE...FITZGERALD CROSSING... WITTSBURG...LEVESQUE...RIVER FRONT...PRINCEDALE...MC DONALD... CHATFIELD...BLOSSOM...GOODWIN AND FOUR GUMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
April 26: Tornado Warning (Developing Tornado)- Central Leon County, TX
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER CENTRAL LEON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN LEON COUNTY AT 510 PM CDT RURAL NORTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY AT 520 PM CDT
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near Eaglette, AR
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS AND NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF EAGLETTE...OR 11 MILES WEST OF FORDYCE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... KINGSLAND... EAGLETTE... CARTHAGE... RAMSEY... PRINCETON... IVAN... JACINTO... IVY... FORREST BONNER... FORDYCE MUNI ARPT... BUCKSNORT...
April 26: Tornado Warning (Developing Tornado)- Near Seven Points, TX
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... SOUTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SEVEN POINTS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GUN BARREL CITY AND TOOL AROUND 445 PM CDT... MABANK...PAYNE SPRINGS AND ENCHANTED OAKS AROUND 450 PM CDT... PURTIS CREEK STATE PARK...EUSTACE AND LOG CABIN AROUND 500 PM... MURCHISON AROUND 525 PM CDT... THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 518 AND 542.
April 26: Tornado Warning (Radar Indicated Tornado)- Near New Salem, AR
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR ST. FRANCIS...NORTHWESTERN LEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CROSS COUNTIES... AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW SALEM...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALESTINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION...THERE IS ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE TORNADIC CELL...BETWEEN CALDWELL AND FORREST CITY IN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THIS CELL. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORREST CITY...MADISON...PALESTINE...L`ANGVILLE...FITZGERALD CROSSING... WITTSBURG...LEVESQUE...RIVER FRONT...PRINCEDALE...MC DONALD... CHATFIELD...POSEY...BLOSSOM AND GOODWIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEN EGG SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
April 26: Tornado Warning (Strong Rotation)- Trigg County, KY
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... AT 442 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. THERE MAY STILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A RAPID SPIN UP OF TORNADO WITH THIS STORM.
April 26: Tornado Warning (Radar Indicated Tornado)- Near Gray's Camp, TN
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN OBION AND NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTIES... AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAYS CAMP...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLAYTON... GRAYS CAMP...NEW MARKHAM...WRIGHT...WALNUT LOG AND SPOUT SPRINGS. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR REELFOOT LAKE.
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near Waldron, AR
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS... WEST CENTRAL YELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALDRON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... WALDRON... STONEHOUSE REC AREA... MT MAGAZINE... MAGAZINE... CARDIFF... BOONEVILLE... BLUE MTN LAKE... WAVELAND... SUGAR GROVE... IONE... HAVANA... GRAYSON... DRIGGS... CORLEY... CAROLAN... CARBON CITY... BLUE MTN...
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near Redfield, AR
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN LONOKE... SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI...SOUTHEASTERN SALINE...NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDFIELD...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHERIDAN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... WRIGHTSVILLE... TOLTEC MOUNDS SP... TERRY LOCK AND DAM... SWEET HOME... SCOTT... REDFIELD... ORION... KEO... IRONTON... HUMPHREY... HENSLEY ISLAND... ESTES... ENGLAND... CANE CREEK... WRIGHT... WOODSON... TUCKER... TOMBERLIN... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 26. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near Eddyville, KY
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... SOUTH CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... NORTHERN LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT. * AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF EDDYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... EDDYVILLE... FARMERSVILLE... PRINCETON... CRESWELL...
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near New Concord, KY
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CALLOWAY...WEST CENTRAL TRIGG AND SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... AT 409 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MURRAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NEW CONCORD.
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near Tipton, AR
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... CLEVELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TIPTON...OR 9 MILES EAST OF FORDYCE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... STAR CITY... RISON... PINE BLUFF... GRAYS LAKE... WOODVILLE... WHITEFIELD... TOLEDO... TIPTON... NEBO... MT ELBA... MITCHELLVILLE... MILLS... MADDING... LINWOOD... LAKE PINE BLUFF... KINGSLAND... KEDRON... HERBINE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 46.
April 26: Tornado Warning- Near Lunet, AR
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS... NORTH CENTRAL OUACHITA AND SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF LUNET...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... SPARKMAN... LUNET... EAGLETTE... WILLOW... VADEN... TATES BLUFF... RAMSEY... PRINCETON... PINE GROVE... OUACHITA... MANNING... HOLLY SPRINGS... DALARK... AMY... WAVE... TRACE... SMEAD... SHAKERTOWN...
April 26: Tornado Warning (Rotating Wall Cloud)- Near Palmer, TX
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... SOUTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF PALMER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SPOTTERS ARE REPORTING A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ROSSER AROUND 420 PM CDT... GRAYS PRAIRIE AND COTTONWOOD AROUND 425 PM CDT... OAK GROVE AND SEVEN POINTS AROUND 430 PM CDT... KEMP AND GUN BARREL CITY AROUND 435 PM CDT... MABANK AROUND 440 PM CDT... THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 254 AND 259.
April 26: Severe Thunderstorm Watch #3
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 218 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 345 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WESTERN NORTH TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF ALTUS OKLAHOMA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DURANT OKLAHOMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 213...WW 214...WW 215...WW 216...WW 217... DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE LEFT-EXIT REGION OF A STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL JET OVER THE TX PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN OK AND WESTERN NORTH TX THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES SUPPORT ROTATING STORMS CAPABLE OF HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.
April 26: PDS Tornado Watch #2
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 217 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 305 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WESTERN KENTUCKY SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INCLUDING THE BOOTHEEL NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WEST TENNESSEE EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH OF FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY TO 35 MILES EAST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). 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 213...WW 214...WW 215...WW 216... DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING ALONG A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL AR INTO WESTERN KY. A FEW OF THESE INITIAL STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SUPERCELLS WITH A RISK OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE RISK OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AS STORMS FORM TO THE SOUTHWEST AND MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA. VERY STRONG SHEAR PROFILES DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WATCH PERIOD SUGGEST THAT PDS WORDING IS APPROPRIATE...WITH STRONG TORNADOES POSSIBLE. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
April 26: Tornado Watch #1
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 216 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 305 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN ILLINOIS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA MUCH OF LOWER MICHIGAN NORTHWEST OHIO LAKE ERIE LAKE HURON LAKE MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. 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 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAD AXE MICHIGAN TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). 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 213...WW 214...WW 215... DISCUSSION...AS A SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO DEVELOP NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD LAKE MICHIGAN...RELATIVELY LOW TOPPED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. AS THE AIRMASS CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY DESTABILIZE...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY DEEP TROPOSPHERIC FLOW WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME SUPERCELLS/ORGANIZED LINEAR CLUSTERS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS...SEVERE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES. 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 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
April 26: PDS Tornado Watch #1
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 215 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 145 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS NORTHERN LOUISIANA EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF WACO TEXAS TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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 213...WW 214... DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST TX...SPREADING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. OTHER INTENSE STORMS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING OVER NORTHEAST TX AND ALSO SPREAD EASTWARD. BOTH AREAS OF SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY INCLUDE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. WIND FIELDS WILL BE STRENGTHENING THROUGH THE EVENING...AND STORMS TRACKING NEAR THE EXISTING BOUNDARY FROM TX INTO AR WILL HAVE ENHANCED SHEAR AND THE RISK OF STRONG/LONG-LIVED TORNADOES. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
April 26: Severe Thunderstorm Watch #2
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 214 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 210 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN VIRGINIA MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL 900 PM EDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MORGANTOWN WEST VIRGINIA TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DUBLIN VIRGINIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 213... DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLOWLY INTENSIFYING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA IN A BROAD AREA OF MODERATE INSTABILITY AND WEAK ASCENT. SUFFICIENT MID LEVEL WINDS AND LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. AVIATION...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 21035.
April 26: Severe Thunderstorm Watch #1
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 213 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 150 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME WESTERN MARYLAND MUCH OF UPSTATE NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA LAKE ONTARIO EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL 900 PM EDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF UTICA NEW YORK TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF LATROBE PENNSYLVANIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. DISCUSSION...SEVERAL BANDS OF BROKEN CONVECTION ARE DEVELOPING ALONG TWO PRIMARY ZONES OF LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE ACROSS THE OH VALLEY INTO UPSTATE NY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY INTENSIFY AND INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AS THEY SPREAD/DEVELOP DOWNSTREAM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.
Moderate Risk area for April 26
A moderate Risk area has been issued for the Southern Plains again today.
Below is the overall threat.
Areas affected include:
-Northeast TX
-Southeast OK
-Extreme North LA
-West TN
-Much of AR
-Northwest MS
The tornado threat will be the main threat yet again, so we can expect more tornado warnings today.
That image above is today's tornado risk.
Below are the other two risks in order: Hail, Damaging Winds
Below is the overall threat.
Areas affected include:
-Northeast TX
-Southeast OK
-Extreme North LA
-West TN
-Much of AR
-Northwest MS
The tornado threat will be the main threat yet again, so we can expect more tornado warnings today.
That image above is today's tornado risk.
Below are the other two risks in order: Hail, Damaging Winds
April 26: Civil Emergency Message: Carroll County, AR
ARC015-261700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 634 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE CARROLL COUNTY ARKANSAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. BEAVER DAM GATES WILL BE OPEN TO 7 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET RISE IN THE FLOOD WATER CAN BE EXPECTED DOWNSTREAM. THIS LEVEL OF RISE MAY SPREAD WATER INTO HOMES ALONG THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM. MANY ROADWAYS REMAIN IMPASSABLE AND WILL REMAIN SO WITH THE ADDITIONAL WATER RELEASE. RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR AND ALONG THE RIVER...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF BEAVER AND HOLIDAY ISLAND...ARE URGED TO EVACUATE AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
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