Severe Threat Continues Over Tornado Watch Area

Scott Martin | January 25, 2021 @ 9:23 pm

Here is the latest Mesoscale Discussion from the Storm Prediction Center:

The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 3 continues.

SUMMARY… Severe threat continues across the eastern two-thirds of ww003.

DISCUSSION… Multiple organized deeper circulations have been noted at times across ww003. One or two of these have attempted to produce tornadoes, especially with the supercell that is currently over eastern Pickens County AL. This activity has evolved within a modestly unstable air mass characterized by strong shear and seemingly favorable environment for possible tornadoes. Even so, the lack of strong large-scale forcing for ascent (primarily north of this region across the OH Valley) appears to be somewhat influential leading to the lack of more meaningful longer-lived supercells. Overall severe threat will gradually shift across central and eastern portions of the tornado watch over the next several hours.

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