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A Lot of Severe Weather Likely Today
« on: March 19, 2012, 06:03:57 AM »
An upper level system is gonna slowly move across Texas today with a lot of instability out ahead of it. This system though is gonna stall across eastern Texas it appears #-o This should relieve the drought problems in that area, though it isnt as severe as it was, though they could be looking at 8 INCHES of rain today.

I think we could see quite a few twisters today in Texas.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html
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Re: A Lot of Severe Weather Likely Today
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2012, 04:09:52 PM »
Things starting to rev up, big derecho in central Texas:

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 85
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   240 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
   
          CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 60 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   SHERMAN TEXAS TO 85 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION TEXAS.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...CONVECTION HAS SHOWN A TENDENCY TO INTENSIFY ALONG AN
   OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT IS DRIFTING EWD ACROSS CENTRAL/N CENTRAL
   TX...PARTIALLY AIDED BY THE GLANCING INFLUENCE OF AN EMBEDDED SPEED
   MAX EJECTING NEWD OVER W TX.  MODERATE-STRONG INSTABILITY IS PRESENT
   E OF THE BOUNDARY...AND VERTICAL SHEAR IS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS
   AS WELL AS BOWING SEGMENTS.  AS A RESULT...THE RISK FOR LARGE HAIL
   AND DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO
   THIS EVENING.  ADDITIONALLY...ANY OF THE STORMS ROOTED ALONG THE
   IMMEDIATE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A FEW
   TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.
   
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