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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 54
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1250 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Western Maryland
Western and Central Pennsylvania
Northern Virginia
Eastern West Virginia
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 1250 PM until
700 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms will move quickly northeastward
this afternoon and evening, while posing a threat for mainly
damaging winds with peak gusts up to 60-70 mph. A couple of
line-embedded tornadoes may also occur.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles
east and west of a line from 75 miles north of State College PA to
10 miles west southwest of Staunton VA. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU4).
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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 51...WW 52...WW 53...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 350. Mean
storm motion vector 22045.
...Gleason
Any insights from you storm chasing days?
ReplyDeleteThe High Risk verified, there were numerous large wedge tornadoes, with some violent tornadoes. Tylertown MS was hit very hard by 3 or 4 large tornadoes. This was a very major outbreak. There was a very large warm and moist air mass from the Gulf ahead of the. The air also had plenty of spin and was very unstable.
DeleteThe primary low was moving into the Great Lakes, but there was a jet streak on the bottom of the fast-moving trough. At the same time another surface low formed over Arkansas. As a storm chaser, this shouted major outbreak, as this provided low level dynamics. Then as the jet streak moved into that environment. We had all the forcing needed to spawn the outbreak.
This is a classic southeast major outbreak, there have been around 55 confirmed tornadoes so far. I expect to see many more confirmed over the next few days. There have been two confirmed EF4’s, there is a good chance the number of EF4 and maybe EF5 tornadoes to grow. I do know at least 40 people we’re unfortunately killed during the outbreak. So this was a very bad outbreak.