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Written by Dave Holder   
Thursday, 02 April 2009 14:57

At this time there are 4 tornado watches up in the Southeastern part of the US, including Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, and Indiana! There have been a handful of tornado reports thus far, including a tornado in Bay St. Louis, MS along the shoreline.

 

500mbA strong, negatively tilted upper level trough is centered in SE Oklahoma and it's associated jet streaks rounding the base are providing significant energy for storms to develop.

 

 

 

 

 

850mbAnother contributing factor to the tornadic potential today is the backing of the winds at 850mb. This is creating strong turning of winds with height, a key ingredient for tornadoes. Dewpoints across the regions are in the 60s, with upper 60s in select areas. Storms that form in areas of most instability (at this time through central Alabama and Tennessee per the RUC analysis) will need to be watched extra closely!

 

 

 

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+1 #1 James1 2009-04-02 10:51
The tornado watch for me has a moderate risk for tornadoes. Looks like the south will get the worst of it though. They've had it bad this past week. :sad:
 
 
-3 #2 ToledoWeatherSpotter 2009-04-02 10:56
I hope the best for them! We have rotation here in Toledo With Forming Clouds! Stay Safe James! -Brandon
 
 
0 #3 bugbunny2010 2009-04-02 11:02
watch out for a Tornado !!!!
 
 
+1 #4 Caleb 2009-04-02 11:13
We're under a tornado watch right now until midnight. Looks like heavy rain for the moment but things can get insine at anytime!!!! :lol:
 
 
0 #5 bugbunny2010 2009-04-02 11:14
any tornado Touch down Yet ????
 
 
-1 #6 Caleb 2009-04-02 11:24
Bugbunny there have been about 4 sofar and there is a thing called NIGHT so more could happen
 
 
0 #7 bugbunny2010 2009-04-02 11:25
thank you caleb
 
 
0 #8 James1 2009-04-02 12:57
Just heard a couple cracks of thunder nearby. Rain is starting too. The storms are getting really close.
 
 
-1 #9 Cincychaser 2009-04-02 13:05
Just came back from a short 1 1/2hr chase to Dayton and back trying to intercept a small(non-severe) cell. It must have been cooking though because I couldn't quite get to it during the daylight. We were doing 70 most of the time, but traffic had us slow down a lot at time too. My brother came and should have taken some really cool CG footage. We're beginning to get the main stuff now at home.
 
 
-1 #10 EMB 2009-04-02 13:39
The west has been pumping out classic lows. Here in Seattle the weather has been the worst ive seen in 20 years- cold temps wind snow hail heavy rain thunder you name it- the ingredients have been missing in the plains and the South- either the systems outrace the moisture or the its just not unstable enough for a classic outbreak. This Sunday could be the one along the gulf coast maybe in my humble opinion.
 
 
0 #11 ToledoWeatherSpotter 2009-04-02 13:54
VIVID Lightning here! One Struck 1/4 a mile or less from me! It's Dead Calm! -Brandon
 
 
-1 #12 ToledoWeatherSpotter 2009-04-02 14:25
Storms are moving WNW here! -Brandon
 
 
+2 #13 ez24 2009-04-02 16:24
today was basically a joke...that cold front overtook everything so fast in the south...what we couldnt figure out is why the SPC issued a public outlook for strong tornadoes in mississippi and eastward when the cold front was pushing well into alabama at the time which changed the surface winds from the ssw to basically a wnw direction making it basically impossible for anything but those cells to ride the cold front like a squall...there was plenty of moisture to work with today...we might have had different results if warm sector wouldve had more time...i dont think i saw one supercell on radar today!
 
 
-1 #14 Inez 2009-04-02 19:34
I hate the fact that we are living in a very different time zone. I miss all the action!!!! (Holland)
 
 
-1 #15 sooner_in_ks 2009-04-03 02:06
I SAID IT ONCE-I'LL SAY IT AGAIN--AS FAR AS A TORNADO OUTBREAK(NOT ONLY IN KANSAS BUT ANYWHERE)---I GOT TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT!! AND YA KNOW WHAT-I AIN'T SEEING IT!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 
-2 #16 ToledoWeatherSpotter 2009-04-03 06:18
Here in Toledo, it's showing that there's going to be heavy snow here April 5th and 6th maybe a snow storm! Also on those days severe weather in the south it's all on the CPC site. -Brandon
 
 
0 #17 eastmapletornado280 2009-04-03 10:45
About 10 tornadoes and counting according to TWC. Rain and snow on Tuesday up here our local news said, onion snow maybe? 8)
 
 
-1 #18 EMB 2009-04-03 13:56
In regards to my earlier post it looks like once again the South will be missing key component -this time it looks like a growing dryline will inhibit storm development- its too bad as that low coming that way is just as strong as Thursdays- and today again hail and snow hit the Seattle lowlands- record lows and record rainfall that broke 110 year old records! Next week will be quiet as theres no real lows coming in from the west until next thursday! In fact it might hit 68 in Seattle Monday- thank god!
 
 
-1 #19 ToledoWeatherSpotter 2009-04-04 09:09
It's funny parts of the Severe Thunderstorm watch have the Blizzard/Winter Storm warnings/watches in them too!! -Brandon
 
 
-1 #20 palkado 2009-04-10 10:48
and.... now im scared. i live in florida, but sometimes weather men are wrong.
 

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