National Weather Service Raw Text Product
Displaying AFOS PIL: SEL2 Received: 2003-05-06 06:50 UTC
Previous in Time Latest Product Next in Time
View All KWNS Products for 06 May 2003 View All SEL Products for 06 May 2003 View As Image Download As Text
000 WWUS20 KWNS 060651 SEL2 SPC WW 060650 ALZ000-ARZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-061300- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 262 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 150 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA NORTHEAST ARKANSAS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 150 AM UNTIL 800 AM 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 ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF GADSDEN ALABAMA. 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 260. WATCH NUMBER 260 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 150 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 259...WW 261... DISCUSSION...COMPOSITE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ORIENTED WNW/ESE FROM NRN MS INTO CNTRL AL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE LIFTING NWD OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF WEAK UPPER IMPULSE CROSSING MO. COMBINATION OF RICH MOISTURE INFLOW AND 60-70 KT MID LEVEL JET SUGGEST LIKELIHOOD FOR SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES AS LOW LEVEL UPLIFT FOCUSES ALONG BOUNDARY. 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040. ...CORFIDI 362,0905 353,0851 333,0851 341,0905