re: Tornado! Outbreak Underway New PDS Watch for South LA, MS, & AL

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Meteorologist Nick Mikulas
It’s radar watching time, and I’m not loving what I’m seeing. First off, storms are becoming more scattered as they weaken along the cold front, and develop in the open warm sector. This lack of competition between storms is allowing for cells that are barely even producing lightning to exhibit moderate to strong rotation. There have already been at least a couple reports of tornados in Texas, and will likely be several more across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi before this system exits. Another problem I’m seeing is sunshine peeking through south of the warm front. That’s allowing temperatures to warm a couple degrees higher than models have been forecasting. This means more instability, and a greater risk for severe weather. Because of all these factors, SPC has issued a tornado watch for a large part of the area until 10:00 PM. It’s possible this will be expanded to other areas, and extended further into the night as storms slowly move across the area. If you aren’t in a watch now, it’s totally possible, and even likely that you will be later. I’ll be watching things closely, but can never guarantee I’ll get every warning posted. Fortunately, there are 700 different ways to get them. I will likely bust out the live stream set up later, but always just let things develop as the day/night progresses. It looks like a bumpy 12 hours or so.

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