Tornado Watch 548 on 14 October 2014

Active Pattern for the Center of the Nation

Severe thunderstorms, excessive rainfall, critical fire weather are all in the outlook today and into this last weekend of April. Very large hail, severe wind gusts, and a couple strong tornadoes will all be possible across the central and southern Plains today. Flash flooding also possible for portions of the Plains and Mississippi Valley. Critical fire weather conditions for Southern High Plains Read More >

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 548 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 200 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UPSTATE AND PIEDMONT SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA * EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ATHENS GEORGIA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 546...WW 547... DISCUSSION...SETUP MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SPORADIC INSTANCES OF DMGG WIND AND TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE SRN AND CNTRL APPALACHIANS AND ADJACENT PIEDMONT/CSTL PLN THIS AFTN AS MODEST SFC HEATING DESTABILIZES STRONGLY-SHEARED ENVIRONMENT ALONG AND AHEAD OF E TN/WRN GA COLD FRONT. STORM DEVELOPMENT MAY FOCUS ALONG THE FRONT...AND ALONG REMNANT SQLN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ATTM EXTENDING NWD FROM THE LWR SAVANNAH RVR VLY INTO WRN NC. STRENGTH OF DEEP SLY FLOW...QUALITY OF LOW-LVL MOISTURE /PW AROUND 1.50-2.00 INCHES/...AND SLIGHTLY BACKED NEAR-SFC FLOW NEAR THE BOUNDARIES SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR LOW AMPLITUDE LEWPS/TRANSIENT SUPERCELLS WITH A RISK FOR DMGG WIND AND MAINLY SHORT-LIVED TORNADOES. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21045. ...CORFIDI