URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 559 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1155 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS FAR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI WESTERN TENNESSEE
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1155 AM UNTIL 800 PM CST.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...ONGOING SEVERE STORMS EAST OF LITTLE ROCK SHOULD INTENSIFY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS FORMING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE ARK-LA-MISS REGION. ENVIRONMENT IS CONDUCIVE TO LONG-TRACK SUPERCELLS WITH SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 50 MILES EAST OF MONROE LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 557...WW 558...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.
...GRAMS
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0559.html [note: I haven't been able to find a source that confirms this is correct, but I have seen a report that this is the first PDS Tornado Watch issued this year]
Just back from a swim at a local pool, 25 min walk .. 10x50m laps with breaks .. pleasant walk back, too, in a comfortable 73F, under blue sky .. very lucky weather area here and sorry to see the tornado danger there .. hope all are safe and it never turns out as bad as it might .. best to all ..
[Australia] Northern Territory floods: woman dies, hundreds evacuated and saltwater crocs in town
Woman’s car was caught in flood east of Katherine, while almost 500 residents of Nauiyu have been evacuated and crocodiles roam the community
The community of Nauiyu in the Northern Territory has been inundated by the flooding of the Daly River. Photograph: Stuart Brisbane/Daly River Barra Resort
Not fun to see news of all that at 5:30am this morning ..
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LOL .. YOU have to watch Morris Black here, guarantee he is as profoundly correct and as hilariously funny on the 2nd. 3rd.. time(s) around .. yup, me knows ..
.. so to one of the biggest, most ignorant and most dangerous dicks around ..
Christian Zionist, televangelist, millionaire and son-of-a-senator Pat Robertson recently warned Americans that any attempt by the US to stop the illegal and deadly Israeli occupation of Jerusalem and other Palestinian lands will incur the wrath of God against America and Americans. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=86753237