Tornado watch

[fleming]

The Storms Prediction Center has issued the following watch. Demopolis is at the southern edge of the area and technically not in it. Greene, Sumter, Hale and north are.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 163
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

PART OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1135 AM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROE
LOUISIANA TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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...CONTINUE...WW 162...

DISCUSSION...VERY POTENT TORNADIC SUPERCELL ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE
LOWER MS VALLEY AS STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE LOW MOVE EWD
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR...VERY
STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MLCAPES IN EXCESS OF 2000 J/KG WILL
LEAD TO RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS VICINITY LOWER MS
VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED WITH
POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENT/LONG TRACK TORNADOES AS ACTIVITY DEVELOPS EWD
ACROSS WATCH AREA THRU THE EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.

[demopolite]

Have all of the kids in Demopolis been let out of school? Because ALL of the schools have let out here in Tuscaloosa, and there are children EVERYWHERE!!!!! Same with Birmingham.

[MrTony]

Our school was let out early eventhough the bad weather is not really expected to be here till late this afternoon.

[Auburn#1]

Demopolite, children are still in school in Linden.

[Bel]

	Quote:	demopolite
	Have all of the kids in Demopolis been let out of school? Because ALL of the schools have let out here in Tuscaloosa, and there are children EVERYWHERE!!!!! Same with Birmingham.

They are still in school here.

[demopolite]

They are all out here. It's like a leprechaun invasion, except cuter and less Irish. I'm having to step around them in the halls at work!

[fleming]

Don't ignore the NWS in favor of this but, it is looking like the bad stuff is going to stay to our north. Just my observation.

[Rootsandwings]

I sure hope so fleming!

[mmcd3182]

	Quote:	fleming
	Don't ignore the NWS in favor of this but, it is looking like the bad stuff is going to stay to our north. Just my observation.

so what about meridian?
i'm looking to go have some fun tonight, but I dunno about the weather there.. are they in the danger zone too?

[fleming]

	Quote:	mmcd3182
	so what about meridian? i'm looking to go have some fun tonight, but I dunno about the weather there.. are they in the danger zone too?

So far, it is staying in north MS but Meridian is in the watch area until 8 PM