http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html hope everyone that knows someone outthere lets them know and pray for them. already confirmed Twisters in northern Missouri. This is the morning discussion from the st. louis area about the outbreak. .DISCUSSION... ...HIGH RISK FOR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK TODAY WITH VERY LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS AND A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND LONG-TRACK TORNADOES OVER THE ENTIRE AREA... TODAY IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS OF DAYS WE ALL DREAD. CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE RIPE FOR A POTENTIALLY DISASTEROUS DAY OF WEATHER FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA OF MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A PUBLIC WEATHER OUTLOOK HEADLINING THE SPECIFICS OF THE VOLATILITY OF THE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN UNUSUALLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE BISTATE AREA FROM THE WEST. STRONG PRESSURE FALLS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. A TEMPORARY SURGE OF COOLER AIR HAS DROPPED TO A POINT FROM CHICAGO TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF ST LOUIS TO SPRINGFIELD BUT IT WILL STOP AND RETURN BACK TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. THE AIR IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND WARM HUMID AIR WILL RETURN NORTH ACROSS THE BISTATE AREA WITH EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FORECAST TO BEGIN BY MIDDAY. EVERY EMERGENCY MANAGER...EVERY SPOTTER...EVERY MEDIA SOURCE THAT HAS WEATHER COVERAGE...AND EVERY PERSON SHOULD MAKE WEATHER THE TOP PRIORITY. LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD PLAN TO HAVE EXTRA PEOPLE ON TAP TO HANDLE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND STRONG LONG-TRACK AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADOES ARE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT.
My grandparents in-law live in the middle of nowhere Missouri about an hour north of Springfield. Hope they'll be OK.
to update a Tornado watch has been issued for most of missiouri its a PDS watch. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0073.html URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 73...CORRECTED NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1155 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 CORRECTED FOR WATCH REPLACEMENTS THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ILLINOIS EASTERN KANSAS MOST OF MISSOURI EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1155 AM UNTIL 1000 PM CST. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA KANSAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR ILLINOIS. 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 69...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 70...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 71...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 72. WATCH NUMBER 69 70 71 72 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1155 AM CST. DISCUSSION...RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A PARTICULARLY INTENSE UPPER TROUGH AND JET STREAM MOVING INTO CENTRAL U.S. IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING LONG TRACK TORNADOES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL INITIATE VICINITY OF DRY LINE ERN KS AND ADDITIONALLY VICINITY WARM FRONT EXTENDING EWD ACROSS MO INTO IL. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045. ...HALES again pray for those in these area going to be a really rough and life threatening day.
