In Alabama, this watch includes:
Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry and Sumter Counties.
It goes till 1:00 AM CDT.
Another impressive wind and severe weather event shaping up for tonight. Will affect areas from Eutaw over to Greensboro to Marion…
Really wrapped up on radar. Will bear watching. Tornado warning just issued for Newton County Mississippi, west of Meridian.
Will arrive in Sumter County around 9:30 p.m.
We want our friends in West Alabama in the watch area to go ahead and make plans to be in safe shelter before this thing approaches.
Look for 70-80 mph winds and possible tornadoes.
It is expected to be shunted southeastward toward the Montgomery area, but we want our friends in Central Alabama over toward Chilton County to be alert and vigilant.
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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 287
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
750 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 750 PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF SELMA ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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…THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 286. WATCH NUMBER 286 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 750 PM CDT.
DISCUSSION…LEADING EDGE/FORWARD-PROPAGATING PART OF CONVECTIVE SYSTEM NOW EXTENDING FROM E OF JAN S AND WSW INTO NE LA EXPECTED TO CONTINUE E INTO AL…WHILE W-E ORIENTED PORTION SETTLES SLOWLY S INTO SW MS. ADDITIONAL WET MICROBURSTS MAY OCCUR WITHIN FORWARD-PROPAGATING PORTION…EWD INTO THE MEI AREA AND WRN AL. A SMALL CHANCE WILL ALSO EXIST FOR SMALL FORWARD-PROPAGATING SEGMENTS TO EVOLVE OVER SW MS. QUALITY OF MOISTURE INFLOW AND UVV ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING SHORTWAVE IMPULSE TO THE N SUGGEST A CONTINUED THREAT FOR LOCALLY DMGG WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL…DESPITE ONSET OF DIURNAL COOLING.
AVIATION…A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.
…CORFIDI
