URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 171 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 630 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM UNTIL 200 AM CDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE 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 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF KEARNEY NEBRASKA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA NEBRASKA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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 166...WW 167...WW 169...WW 170... DISCUSSION...SURFACE LOW N OF GLD WILL DEVELOP NEWD INTO CNTRL NEB TONIGHT WITH AN ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LIFTING NWD THROUGH S-CNTRL/SERN NEB. THE RETREAT OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL COINCIDE WITH THE WRN EXTENSION OF A 50+ KT SLY LLJ WHICH WILL ENHANCED VERTICAL SHEAR AND AIR MASS DESTABILIZATION. AS SUCH...ENVIRONMENT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES /SOME SIGNIFICANT/ AND LARGE HAIL. 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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
samedi 14 avril 2012
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0171.html
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