Tornado Watch #151 - 20090413

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Tornado Watch #151 - 20090413

Post by wb5rmg » Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:14 pm

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 151
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
100 PM CDT MON APR 13 2009

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHERN ALABAMA
SOUTHERN INDIANA
CENTRAL KENTUCKY
MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

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 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.
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 149...WW 150...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
DEVELOPING/INTENSIFYING ACROSS WW THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF SURFACE
COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER LOW. SHEAR REMAINS SUFFICIENT FOR
SUPERCELLS...AND ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT WITH MORE DISCRETE STORMS.
OTHERWISE...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY
MORE INTENSE CORES THROUGH THE EVENING.

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 20025.


...EVANS
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ARRL/ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator, Madison County Alabama

wb5rmg
Posts: 348
Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:47 pm
First Name: Alan
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State: AL
Mail Zip Code: 35758
License Class: Extra
Location: Sullivan @ Browns Ferry in Madison, AL
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Re: Tornado Watch #151 - 20090413

Post by wb5rmg » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:09 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
328 PM CDT MON APR 13 2009

ALC089-132100-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090413T2100Z/
MADISON AL-
328 PM CDT MON APR 13 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY...

AT 327 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELKWOOD...OR ABOUT
13 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FISK
AND HAZEL GREEN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8647 3492 8647 3492 8677 3499 8678
3500 8652 3500 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 270DEG 19KT 3498 8672

$$

COYNE

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