The SPC is considering a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of Mississippi and Alabama.
Storms will continue to intensify this afternoon across northern and Central Mississippi and Alabama. Damaging winds and hail will be a threat, along with intense lightning and torrential rains.
Stay alert as storms approach your location this afternoon and be ready to move inside before the storm arrives.
Here is the text of the MCD from SPC:
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1356
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1157 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011
AREAS AFFECTED…NRN AND ERN MS…CNTRL AND NRN AL…WRN AND MIDDLE
TN
CONCERNING…SEVERE POTENTIAL…WATCH POSSIBLE
VALID 221657Z – 221900Z
STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND A
WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR DAMAGING WINDS.
VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS AREA OF HEATING TAKING PLACE OVER WRN TN INTO
NRN MS…WITH INDICATIONS OF CLEARING INTO MIDDLE TN AS WELL. A VERY
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS IN PLACE WITH PW OF 1.75 TO 2.25
INCHES.
STORMS HAVE RECENTLY INCREASED IN COVERAGE OVER CNTRL AND NRN MS
INTO SWRN TN…ON AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH IS MOVING E IN THE
DIRECTION OF THE MEAN WIND. AS THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO
DESTABILIZE AHEAD OF THIS CONVECTION…AND AS A COLD POOL BECOMES
BETTER ORGANIZED AND TIED TO THIS SYSTEM…A DAMAGING WIND THREAT
SHOULD EVOLVE.
..JEWELL.. 06/22/2011
