Busy Radar
We have had a few tornado warnings so far this afternoon in Scott, Smith, and Leake counties. As will be the case with most of the storms today, these show signs of rotation very low in the storm due to strong low level wind shear and therefore the National Weather Service issues a warning. No reports of tornadoes thus far...The majority of our area is still under a tornado watch and will be for most of the evening. These storms are very small - termed "mini supercells" - which form along the feeder bands of Tropical Cyclones (Rita). While tornadoes are very dangerous, we do expect any tornado that forms to be very brief and weak...
Aside from the storms in Scott, Smith, and Leake counties, another strong band of showers and thunderstorms was located from Noxubee county southward through Kemper, northern Lauderdale, and into Sumter and Marengo counties in Alabama. We can expect very heavy rain, lightning, and wind gusts up to 40 mph.
JUST IN:
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
MILES SOUTH OF DE KALB...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN
STATION...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 55 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DE KALB BY 145 PM CDT
posted by Renny Vandewege @ 1:35 PM
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