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Severe Weather Risk This Weekend


Jim Martin

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5 minutes ago, LithiaWx said:

Depending on exact timing here could be a potential disaster in the making.  The NFC championship game is tomorrow in Atlanta.  The amount of people exposed to a storm in traffic or leaving the game could be very very high.   

Even though you're right about the timing (I'll be at the game!  Who hoo), I've seen this song and dance in north Georgia too many times to count....unless we get some sun and adequate instability, I wouldn't be too concerned.....it's been almost 6 years (April 2011) since we've had a major severe concern here.  The north Georgia storm shield has been alive and well.

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RGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 13  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
155 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017  
  
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
  
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF   
  EASTERN GEORGIA  
  SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA  
  
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL  
  700 PM EST.  
  
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE  
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS  
    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE  
  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE  
  
SUMMARY...A FAST-MOVING SQUALL LINE OVER GEORGIA WILL TRACK EASTWARD  
ACROSS THE WATCH THIS AFTERNOON.  DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES  
ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS.  

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There you go @Superstorm93

 

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
232 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Appling County in southeastern Georgia...

* Until 245 PM EST

* At 232 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Baxley, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
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Excellent AFD - Near Term - just posted out of CHS regarding the rest of the afternoon/evening: 

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Charleston SC
235 PM EST Sat Jan 21 2017
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
Afternoon Update: Following coordination with SPC, a Tornado
Watch has been issued for a large portion of our area. Current
radar imagery shows the main band of convection starting to work
it's way into our westernmost counties. This continues to be in
line with what many of the Hi-res convective models have been
showing. A robust short wave is beginning to move over the 
western portion of our area and will continue to do so the rest 
of this afternoon into this evening. Multiple factors make the 
environment very favorable for convection: a strengthening low 
level jet, upper divergence in response to a 90-100 kt jet 
nearby, and good surface conditions involving well above normal 
temperatures and dew points well into the 60s. SPC Mesoanalysis 
has a tongue of SBCAPES ~1,500 J/kg working their way into our 
southern CWA, which is very impressive for January. 
Additionally, bulk shear exceeding 60 kt and 0-6 km bulk shear 
~70 kt over a large portion of the area is favorable for 
sustaining this convection and generating isolated tornadoes. In
fact, the Significant Tornado Parameter is over 1 across a 
large portion of our our. Some spots are even approaching a 2, 
which is very impressive for January. The line is expected to 
quickly move from west to east, exiting the coast in the 6-8 PM 
time frame. The one uncertainty is the low level stable 
trajectories off the Atlantic could limit the convection as it 
approaches our eastern zones. Given the line has a long history 
of warning-level storms, wouldn't be surprised if they maintain 
most of their strength to the coast.
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