The Good Friday Severe Weather Outbreak of April 10, 2009

Areas of Excessive Heat and Excessive Rainfall Today

Dangerously hot conditions are occurring today in southeast Oklahoma, the ArkLaTex, lower Mississippi Valley, and Puerto Rico. Hot temperatures surround this area throughout the southern U.S. Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories in effect. Excessive rainfall may lead to flash flooding today over parts of northern Alabama into eastern Tennessee and the Cascades. Read More >

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0426 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0704 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009 AREAS AFFECTED...NORTH GA INTO EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF NC/SC CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY VALID 101204Z - 101330Z ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND/HAIL THREAT MAY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS MAINLY ACROSS FAR NORTHERN GA AND PERHAPS INTO THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF NC/SC. A WATCH IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SMALL SCALE/75 MILE LONG MCS/BOW ECHO CONTINUES TO RACE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AT AROUND 45 KT INTO NORTHWEST GA TOWARD THE I-75 CORRIDOR AS OF 12Z. THIS MCS HAS AN UPSTREAM HISTORY OF ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE/HAIL...AND A SIMILAR THREAT MAY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS PRIMARILY ACROSS THE NORTH GA AREAS NORTH OF I-85. AIDED BY A MID LEVEL IMPULSE...THIS MCS IS GENERALLY BEING FED VIA AN INCREASINGLY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ORGANIZED NATURE OF THE MCS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A CONTINUED SEVERE RISK IN THE SHORT TERM...ALTHOUGH A PRE-MCS TREND FOR COOLING SURFACE TEMPERATURES IMPLIES THAT THIS SYSTEM MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY ROOTED ABOVE A COOL NEAR-SURFACE LAYER. WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE SEVERE THREAT WILL REMAIN FAIRLY ISOLATED THIS MORNING...A WATCH IS NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED. ..GUYER.. 04/10/2009 ATTN...WFO...GSP...MRX...FFC...BMX... LAT...LON 35018499 35118404 34938296 34378303 33748436 33698586 34358545 35018499