Severe Weather Update
* Still evaluating the threat of severe weather late Friday into early Saturday. Here's our latest thinking:- Worst of the severe weather will be north and west of here, along an axis from roughly Shreveport, Louisiana to Louisville, Kentucky. This includes places like Greenville, MS; Memphis, TN; Jackson, TN; and Paducah, KY.
- Still too early to determine if we will see any supercells fire ahead of the cold front/squall line. If they do, our tornado threat could be pretty high, especially north of I-20.
- Even if we do NOT have supercells, I would imagine we will see some pretty significant thunderstorm winds. Wind speeds at 850 millibars (about 5000 feet above the ground) are forecast to be quite high (55-60 knots).
- Timeline of concern is from 1:00 PM Friday - 1:00 AM Saturday. We will probably adjust this timeline as we get closer to the potential event.
* I will post again early tomorrow morning after evaluating the latest data (around 8:30 AM).
posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 10:31 PM
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