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Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | PDS tornado watch has been issued for southern Mississippi, eastern Louisiana, SW Alabama. [link to ow.ly] 3 minAccuWeather.com‏@breakingweather Storms with the potential to produce tornadoes will be moving into southern Mississippi soon. [link to ow.ly] 18 minAccuWeather.com‏@breakingweather Radar-indicated tornado heading toward Alexandria, La.; take cover! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Severe Studios‏@severestudios PDS (Particularly dangerous situation) Tornado Watch issued AL LA MS [link to 1.usa.gov] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 109 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CATAHOULA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LARTO... NORTHERN CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MONTEREY...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY... * UNTIL 215 PM CST * AT 109 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF LARTO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LARTO BY 115 PM CST... MAYNA AND NEW ERA BY 120 PM CST... MONTEREY BY 130 PM CST... FROGMORE AND DEER PARK BY 140 PM CST... FERRIDAY AND WEST FERRIDAY BY 150 PM CST... VIDALIA BY 155 PM CST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. && |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | VENT...A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS OF FIVE TO SIX INCHES EXPECTED GENERALLY NORTH OF AN ASHDOWN ARKANSAS...TO NASHVILLE LINE. * TIMING...RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX BY MID AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Severe Studios‏@severestudios Quoting: Luisport RT @EricLawTV: A Tornado Watch will be coming out by 1PM for south Mississippi. This will likely be a PDS (Particularly dangerous situation) From Wiki: PDS tornado watches are issued when there is a higher than normal risk of multiple strong, violent tornadoes in the watch area (usually amounting to damage consistent with EF4 or EF5 tornadoes), also including significant wind and hail damage, when in addition to tornadoes. While there are no set criteria for a PDS watch to be issued, they are usually issued when the potential exists for a major tornado outbreak. They represent about 90% of PDS watches issued. PDS severe thunderstorm watches are issued when there is a higher than normal risk of severe thunderstorm winds capable of major structural damage (in addition to large hail and perhaps a few isolated tornadoes), usually due to a strong and persistent derecho. These watches are very rare (an average of only two each year), as the risk for tornadoes must remain low enough to not warrant a tornado watch (a normal tornado watch would be issued if the tornado risk is significant alongside the extreme wind threat).[2] PDS flash flood watches are issued when there is a higher than normal risk of widespread, life-threatening flash flooding. These watches are issued by the NWS Local Forecast Offices, not the Storm Prediction Center. PDS tornado warnings are currently issued on an experimental basis by five Forecast Offices in Kansas and Missouri. The criteria for a PDS warning is when a tornado on the ground has been spotted or confirmed, or a significant tornado is expected (due to radar signatures). The intention of this experimental warning may be to replace the loosely-defined tornado emergency. These are the first warnings issued with PDS wording, and like PDS flash flood watches, are issued by local forecast offices. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | NWS MOB- 18Z weather balloon sounding from Slidell, LA shows the atmosphere is becoming loaded with ingredients for strong tornadoes and significantly large hail. Conditions are becoming conducive for supercell thunderstorm generation. We are also noting mid-level echoes on the radar are picking up...might not be too much longer before we start seeing storms appear in our area. A new PDS Tornado Watch has just been issued for a portion of our area. PDS = Particularly Dangerous Situation (these are not issued very often). [link to www.spc.noaa.gov] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL INCREASE TODAY AND ESPECIALLY INTO TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES IN THE LOCAL AREA IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. HOWEVER...SEVERE STORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD OCCUR ANYWHERE IN THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT AS A SQUALL LINE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Should be more with ongoing partly cloudy conditions in alabama/mississippi .SOUNDING DISCUSSION... RELEASED A 18Z SPECIAL FLIGHT IN SUPPORT OF ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WITH APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE SKY WAS MOSTLY CLOUDY AT RELEASE WITH MODERATE CUMULUS CLOUDS IN THE AREA. AT THE SURFACE SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE GUSTING TO AROUND 20KTS AT RELEASE WITH RAPIDLY INCREASING WINDS WITH HEIGHT. MEAN LOW LEVEL WINDS FROM THE SURFACE THROUGH 5K FEET ARE FROM THE SOUTH AT 40KTS. FROM 5K TO 10K FEET THE WINDS VEER SOME AND ARE FROM THE SOUTH- SOUTHWEST AT 50KTS. STORM MOTION IS OVER 40KTS TO THE EAST. THE PW VALUE WAS AT 0.93 INCHES. DRY AIR IS LOCATED ABOVE 550MB. THERE IS A WARM NOSE AT 760MB. THE LIFTED INDEX OF -6.6 INDICATES LARGE INSTABILITY. THE CAPE VALUE OF 2304 J/KG INDICATES A VOLATILE AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. THE 0-3 KM STM REL HELICITY OF 558 ALSO INDICATES AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE OF TORNADIC ACTIVITY. |
OICU812 User ID: 20892214 United States 12/25/2012 02:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Waiting here in between New Orleans and Baton Rouge in Prairieville for some nasty storms. Looks like they will be here in an hour or two Quoting: cryoman What's up, Prairieville? I was down that way a couple of weeks ago when the tornado destroyed the fire station on 44. Got some pics just after it happened. I'm just up the way from you near the new Woman's Hospital. Looks like a bumpy ride coming our way. Stay safe. "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Likelihood of EF2+ tornadoes....high. URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 695 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1255 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST-CENTRAL ALABAMA EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM UNTIL800 PM CST. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 125 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOOTHVILLE LOUISIANA TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. 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. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADOWATCH NUMBER 692. WATCH NUMBER 692 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1255 PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 693...WW 694... DISCUSSION...WARM SECTOR SPREADING INLAND ACROSS WW AREA WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY JUXTAPOSED WITH STRENGTHENING DEEP SHEAR AND ENLARGED LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS. MCS MOVING EWD INTO THIS REGIME WILL ENCOUNTER MLCAPE 500-1500 J/KG...WITH EFFECTIVE SRH MAXIMIZED NEAR WARM FRONT AT 400-600 J/KG. ANY RELATIVELY SUSTAINED/DISCRETE SUPERCELLS WILL OFFER RISK OF LONG-TRACKED/DAMAGING TORNADOES. DAMAGING GUSTS AND OCNL TORNADOES ARE ALSO LIKELY FROM QLCS/LEW/BOW STRUCTURES. 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 24040. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Vincent Webb‏@vince_webb Funnel cloud coming over Jackson Airport! Very short-lived! @NWSJacksonMS @severestudios @brandoneoc [link to instagr.am] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | TWC Breaking ‏@TWCBreaking Fence blown down at @NWSJacksonMS office. 72 mph gust at Jackson, MS Int'l Airport. Squall line still west: [link to wxch.nl] View summary Reply Retweet Favorite 5m NWS Jackson MS ‏@NWSJacksonMS There was a 72 mph wind gust here at our office at 1:22pm. A fence was blown down at our office. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | AccuWeather.com‏@breakingweather Quoting: Luisport Injuries and up to 40 homes damaged in Rapides Parish. Tornado warning was out at the time the damage occurred. TWC Breaking ‏@TWCBreaking Rapides Parish law enforcement says 25-30 homes damaged with "numerous injuries" in Ball, LA. Locator: [link to wxch.nl] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | AccuWeather.com‏@breakingweather Quoting: Luisport Injuries and up to 40 homes damaged in Rapides Parish. Tornado warning was out at the time the damage occurred. TWC Breaking ‏@TWCBreaking Rapides Parish law enforcement says 25-30 homes damaged with "numerous injuries" in Ball, LA. Locator: [link to wxch.nl] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Tornado Warning for Wilkinson County in MS until 2:45pm CST. #mswx 2 minSevere Studios‏@severestudios Tornado Warning for East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, and West Feliciana Parish in LA until 2:45pm CST. #lawx |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 02:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Most recent SPC convective outlook removes Texas from the Moderate risk and does not expand it eastward. [link to kamala.cod.edu] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 03:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 157 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... NORTHWESTERN ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAHNVILLE... SOUTHEASTERN ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RESERVE...LAPLACE... * UNTIL 230 PM CST * AT 157 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDGARD...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF THIBODAUX...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GARYVILLE...NEW SARPY AND NORCO PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. && |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 03:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 155 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BROOKHAVEN... EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 245 PM CST * AT 155 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE SPRINGS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LITTLE SPRINGS BY 200 PM CST... CENTER POINT AND MCCALL CREEK BY 205 PM CST... WEST LINCOLN AND BOGUE CHITTO BY 215 PM CST... VAUGHN...LOYD STAR AND ENTERPRISE BY 220 PM CST... BROOKHAVEN BY 225 PM CST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. && |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 03:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There's a clear rotation on NWS radar in Mississipi (look at orange circle) [link to i.imgur.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30834439 Portugal 12/25/2012 03:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 159 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 245 PM CST |
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