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Severe Weather Risk This Weekend


Jim Martin

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ACUS01 KWNS 211956  
SWODY1  
SPC AC 211955  
  
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK    
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0155 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017  
  
VALID 212000Z - 221200Z  
  
...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE AR-LA-MISS REGION...  
  
...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS  
PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE  
FLORIDA PANHANDLE INTO SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...  
  
...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS  
SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE GULF INTO SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST STATES...  
  
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SURROUNDING  
AREAS OF THE SOUTHEAST...  
  
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IMMEDIATELY  
SURROUNDING THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...  
   
..SUMMARY  
  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST  
LATE THIS AFTERNOON, AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE  
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING THROUGH THE  
OVERNIGHT HOURS.  THIS INCLUDES A RISK FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF  
PRODUCING TORNADOES, PARTICULARLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND  
CENTRAL ALABAMA, AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE,  
INTO SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.  
   
..20Z OUTLOOK UPDATE  
  
SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL HAS BEEN COMPLICATED CONSIDERABLY BY AT  
LEAST A COUPLE OF SHORT WAVES IMPULSES, EMERGING FROM A STRONG  
MID/UPPER JET WHICH CONTINUES TO MIGRATE INLAND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN  
TIER OF THE U.S., IN ADVANCE OF ONE MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT  
PERTURBATION STILL EVOLVING NEAR THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES.  
  
THE LEAD IMPULSE IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF SHIFTING ACROSS/NORTHEAST  
OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.  THIS FEATURE HAS PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR  
A SEVERE MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WHICH MAINTAINS CONSIDERABLE  
STRENGTH AS IT SHIFTS ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF THE  
LOWER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY, COINCIDENT WITH A 40-50 KT  
SOUTHWESTERLY 850 MB JET.  SEVERE PROBABILISTIC LINES HAVE BEEN  
ADJUSTED SOME TO ACCOUNT FOR THE PROGRESSION OF THIS FEATURE.  
  
UPSTREAM, ANOTHER IMPULSE IS ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF SHIFTING  
THROUGH THE ARK-LA-TEX REGION,  WITH THE MAIN AMPLIFYING UPPER  
TROUGH NOT LIKELY TO REACH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY UNTIL LATE  
TONIGHT, THOUGH ANOTHER SMALLER SCALE IMPULSE OR TWO MAY STILL  
EMERGE FROM IT, AND PROGRESS TOWARD GULF COASTAL AREAS AHEAD OF IT.  
AT THE SAME TIME, THE BOUNDARY LAYER FROM THE VICINITY OF THE NORTH  
CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION INTO THE ARK-LA-TEX IS STILL IN THE  
PROCESS OF RECOVERING, AS A CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND  
DEVELOPING WARM FRONTAL ZONE BEGIN TO ADVANCE NORTHEASTWARD.  
  
BASED ON THE VARIABILITY THAT HAS BEEN EVIDENT IN SHORT TERM MODEL  
FORECAST GUIDANCE, THE DETAILS OF THE POTENTIAL CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION  
ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE  
REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD IS FAR FROM CERTAIN.  HOWEVER, BASED ON  
CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND MODEL OUTPUT, SEVERE CATEGORICAL AND  
PROBABILISTIC LINES ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HAVE  
GENERALLY NOT BEEN CHANGED, AND APPEAR TO REFLECT POTENTIAL THAT  
CURRENTLY EXISTS.  FARTHER EAST, CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE  
CONCERNING SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRENGTHENING  
OF WEST SOUTHWESTERLY 850 MB FLOW (50+ KT) ACROSS PORTIONS OF  
SOUTHERN ALABAMA INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA, LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE  
OVERNIGHT HOURS.  AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTENS AND DESTABILIZES  
ACROSS THIS REGION, AND LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS ENLARGE, SUPERCELLS  
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES (SOME STRONG) APPEAR INCREASINGLY  
LIKELY.  
  

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
258 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017

The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a

* Tornado Warning for portions of...
  Screven County in southeastern Georgia...
  Allendale County in southeastern South Carolina...

* Until 330 PM EST

* At 258 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Sylvania, moving northeast at 50 mph.
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 ...20Z Outlook Update...
   Severe weather potential has been complicated considerably by at
   least a couple of short waves impulses, emerging from a strong
   mid/upper jet which continues to migrate inland across the southern
   tier of the U.S., in advance of one much more significant
   perturbation still evolving near the southern Rockies.

   The lead impulse is now in the process of shifting across/northeast
   of the southern Appalachians.  This feature has provided support for
   a severe mesoscale convective system which maintains considerable
   strength as it shifts across southern Georgia and portions of the
   lower Savannah River Valley, coincident with a 40-50 kt
   southwesterly 850 mb jet.  Severe probabilistic lines have been
   adjusted some to account for the progression of this feature.

   Upstream, another impulse is already in the process of shifting
   through the Ark-La-Tex region,  with the main amplifying upper
   trough not likely to reach the lower Mississippi Valley until late
   tonight, though another smaller scale impulse or two may still
   emerge from it, and progress toward Gulf coastal areas ahead of it.
   At the same time, the boundary layer from the vicinity of the north
   central Gulf coast region into the Ark-La-Tex is still in the
   process of recovering, as a convective outflow boundary and
   developing warm frontal zone begin to advance northeastward.

   Based on the variability that has been evident in short term model
   forecast guidance, the details of the potential convective evolution
   across the lower Mississippi Valley into the Southeast through the
   remainder of the period is far from certain.  However, based on
   current observations and model output, severe categorical and
   probabilistic lines across the lower Mississippi Valley have
   generally not been changed, and appear to reflect potential that
   currently exists.  Farther east, confidence continues to increase
   concerning severe weather potential associated with restrengthening
   of west southwesterly 850 mb flow (50+ kt) across portions of
   southern Alabama into southern Georgia, late this evening into the
   overnight hours.  As the boundary layer moistens and destabilizes
   across this region, and low-level hodographs enlarge, supercells
   capable of producing tornadoes (some strong) appear increasingly
   likely.


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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
316 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017

The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a

* Tornado Warning for portions of...
  Hampton County in southeastern South Carolina...
  Jasper County in southeastern South Carolina...

* Until 345 PM EST

* At 316 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 13 miles southwest of Lake Warren State Park, moving
  east at 50 mph.
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Damage from the tornado warned storm earlier near Sylvania...

chschat    2017/01/21 3:14 PM    iembot    
6 N Woodcliff [Screven Co, GA] TRAINED SPOTTER reports TSTM WND DMG at 2:48 PM EST -- TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES... ROAD SIGNS... AND POWERLINES DOWN WITH DAMAGE TO CHICKEN COOPS INCLUDING METAL ROOFS REMOVED WITH PORTIONS LEFT IN TREES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BAY BRACH ROAD AND BUTTERMILK ROAD. TIME IS ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
321 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED TORNADO WATCH 13 TO
INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING

IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

BERKELEY              CHARLESTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CHARLESTON, DANIEL ISLAND,
GOOSE CREEK, MONCKS CORNER, MOUNT PLEASANT, AND NORTH CHARLESTON.
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back west but not quite into the other MOderate risk area I suspect we will have a meso for that area soon

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0093  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0234 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017  
  
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MS...LA  
  
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...TORNADO WATCH LIKELY   
  
VALID 212034Z - 212300Z  
  
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...80 PERCENT  
  
SUMMARY...THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL,  
DAMAGING WINDS, AND TORNADOES WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE LATE  
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THE ISSUANCE OF A TORNADO WATCH IS  
LIKELY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  
  
DISCUSSION...THE ISALLOBARIC RESPONSE TO 2-HOUR PRESSURE FALLS ON  
THE ORDER OF 2-4 MB ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY WILL BE THE CONTINUED  
NORTHWARD ADVANCE OF A WARM FRONT ANALYZED APPROXIMATELY WEST-EAST  
ACROSS SOUTHERN LA. THE AIR MASS SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY IS  
CHARACTERIZED BY SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO AROUND 70F,  
SUPPORTING MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG BUOYANCY -- AIDED BY STEEP  
MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES SAMPLED BY THE 18Z SLIDELL SOUNDING (AROUND 8  
C/KM IN THE 700-500-MB LAYER). AS THIS AIR MASS CONTINUES TO SPREAD  
NORTHWARD WITHIN A MODEST WARM-ADVECTION REGIME WELL IN ADVANCE OF  
STRONGER DEEP ASCENT FARTHER WEST, DIURNALLY REDUCED CAPPING AND  
MODEST ASCENT WILL LIKELY SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN SURFACE-BASED  
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT -- ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING AS MORE VIGOROUS ASCENT APPROACHES. INITIAL SHALLOW  
CONVECTIVE TOWERS ARE ALREADY EVOLVING ALONG THE WARM FRONTAL ZONE  
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN LA, IN PROXIMITY TO POCKETS OF STRONGER  
INSOLATION, PER VISIBLE IMAGERY.  
  
WHILE THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TIMING OF MORE ROBUST  
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT GIVEN THE AFOREMENTIONED CAPPING, EFFECTIVE  
SHEAR AROUND 45-60 KT WILL LIKELY SUPPORT SUPERCELL STRUCTURES.  
INITIALLY, LARGE HAIL WILL BE LIKELY, THOUGH ELONGATING/INCREASINGLY  
CURVED LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS INTO THE EVENING HOURS SUGGEST THAT THE  
TORNADO RISK WILL LIKELY INCREASE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE  
POSSIBLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SMALL-SCALE, CONGEALING CONVECTIVE  
CLUSTERS.  

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Mesoscale Discussion 0092
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0233 PM CST Sat Jan 21 2017

   Areas affected...Portions of northwest LA...northeast TX...southern
   AR...far southeast OK

   Concerning...Severe potential...Tornado Watch likely 

   Valid 212033Z - 212300Z

   Probability of Watch Issuance...95 percent

   SUMMARY...The risk for severe thunderstorms capable of producing
   tornadoes, damaging winds, and very large hail is increasing this
   afternoon, and Tornado Watch issuance is likely within the next few
   hours.

   DISCUSSION...A warm front continues advancing northward from
   portions of east-central TX through southern LA, within a
   warm-advection plume preceding midlevel troughing over the
   South-Central States. Embedded within broader-scale midlevel
   cyclonic flow, water vapor loops indicate a smaller-scale impulse
   advancing northeastward toward the lower Sabine Valley. Ascent
   associated with these features is expected to support thunderstorm
   development from portions of northeast TX through west-central LA --
   particularly after 22Z -- with activity subsequently spreading
   east-northeastward/eastward into the evening hours. Initial
   boundary-layer cumulus development is already noted across portions
   of east-central TX, southeast of Corsicana.

   Ample low-level moisture south of the warm front, marked by surface
   dewpoints in the middle 60s, will continue to build northward in
   response to southerly low-level mass fluxes promoted by the
   approaching upstream trough. With a well-defined elevated mixed
   layer sampled by the 18Z Shreveport sounding featuring steep lapse
   rates in the 800-550-mb layer, moderate instability will continue to
   develop northward into the zone of developing convection. With 45-60
   kt of effective shear, and an anticipated initial discrete and
   semi-discrete convective mode, significantly severe hail will be
   possible with supercell structures. The risk for damaging winds will
   increase as convection organizes into smaller-scale clusters with
   embedded bowing/rotating convective elements. While not particularly
   strong, low-level flow will be increasing through the evening. The
   resultant enlargement of low-level hodographs will foster an
   increasing tornado risk, especially with convection evolving in
   proximity to the warm frontal zone and given the steep midlevel
   lapse rates.

   ..Cohen/Hart.. 01/21/2017

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
350 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Barnwell County in central South Carolina...
  Northwestern Bamberg County in central South Carolina...
  West central Orangeburg County in central South Carolina...

* Until 415 PM EST
    
* At 350 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Blackville, or 8 miles northeast of Barnwell,
  moving east at 45 mph.

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