Tornado Watch 546 on 14 October 2014

Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Southern Plains; Fire Weather Threat in the Southwest U.S.

Thunderstorms, some severe, may produce heavy to excessive rainfall and isolated flooding over portions of the Southern Plains today and Saturday. Dry conditions, combined with gusty winds and low relative humidities will continue to support an elevated to critical fire weather threat in the Desert Southwest into to early next week. Read More >

SEL6 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 546 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 700 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN GEORGIA WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL WATERS * EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 700 AM UNTIL 200 PM EDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST OF VIDALIA GEORGIA TO 20 MILES WEST OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). 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 544...WW 545... DISCUSSION...QLCS WITH LONG HISTORY OF EPISODIC DAMAGING WIND AND EMBEDDED MESOCIRCULATIONS IS EXPECTED TO PROCEED NEWD INTO AND ACROSS WW AREA. FOREGOING AIR MASS WILL BE MARGINALLY BUT SUPPORTIVELY UNSTABLE INITIALLY...WITH ADDITIONAL DESTABILIZATION FORECAST FROM THETAE ADVECTION AND MUTED SFC HEATING...AMIDST FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL AND BULK SHEAR. REF SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1889 FOR MORE METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035. ...EDWARDS