Wednesday, April 27, 2011

April 27: Tornado Warning- Near West Point, MS


...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OKTIBBEHA AND CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRIFFITH MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST POINT BY 415 PM CDT...

April 27: Tornado Warning- Near Weir, MS



...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
WINSTON...EASTERN ATTALA...CHOCTAW AND WESTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTIES...

AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ETHEL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MCCOOL AND FRENCH CAMP BY 405 PM CDT...
  WEIR BY 410 PM CDT...
  CHESTER BY 415 PM CDT...
  ACKERMAN AND REFORM BY 420 PM CDT...
  STURGIS...BETHEDEN AND SHERWOOD BY 425 PM CDT...
  CRAIG SPRINGS BY 430 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH!

April 27: Tornado Warning- Near Cato, MS


...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
RANKIN COUNTY...

AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STAR MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CATO BY 410 PM CDT...

April 27: Public Severe Weather Outlook (SPC)


...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES EXPECTED OVER
   PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST US THIS AFTERNOON AND
   TONIGHT...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TO VIOLENT...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES OVER
   PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST US THIS AFTERNOON AND
   TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          NORTHERN ALABAMA
          FAR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
          NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
          SOUTHERN TENNESSEE
   
   ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM...THE LOWER GREAT
   LAKES REGION AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF
   COAST STATES.
   
   THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ERUPT OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER
   MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY EARLY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A POWERFUL STORM
   SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE STORMS
   WILL QUICKLY MOVE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND
   SOUTHEAST STATES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS
   DEVELOPING INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY REGION. STORMS
   WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEASTERN...MIDDLE
   ATLANTIC...AND SOUTHEASTERN STATES DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
   HOURS. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS ENCOUNTER A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR
   MASS...THEY WILL RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
   STRONG TO VIOLENT...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND
   WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   THE MOST INTENSE STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA...FAR
   NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHERN
   TENNESSEE. A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS IN EFFECT FOR
   THESE AREAS. FUTURE FORECASTS MAY EXPAND THIS AREA TO INCLUDE
   PORTIONS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE...AS WELL AS AREAS FARTHER SOUTH INTO
   EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN ALABAMA.
   
   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.

Back-To-Back high risk situations issued- April 27

Another high risk situation day has been issued for the South in a rare occurrence of back-to-back high risk severe weather situations.
Below is today's overall risk.
Areas in this high risk include:
-North Alabama
-Northeast Mississippi
-South Central Tennessee
-Extreme Northwest Georgia

If  you live in or around those areas, make final preparations for a major and potentially devastating severe weather outbreak.
Below is the tornado risk, then wind risk, then hail risk