PDS Issued... WXR Evolving - Particularly Dangerous Situation Iowa/Illinois ...check out that CV Wave..

Particularly Dangerous Situation...  Tornado Watch Issued..



The ante for danger in the Mid-West has just been upped and the NWS has weighed in with a PDS warning which is about as seriously as it gets. The Derecho threat is now evolving into a Twister threat..

Here's a loop you can watch both parts of the weather world at once...note the PDS forming near Iowa and into Illinois.. the moisture in the Gulf and Carib and WOW look at that Cape Verde Wave rolling up way higher than the last one did... hmmmm can viable waves be rolling off of Africa soon?





See the exact warning below... be back later if the situation warrants... while watching this with one eye the other eye is watching the tropics.. my head hurts... a lot to watch ;) By the way THEY put the words in RED not me...that's how serious this is....

Besos Bobbi

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 298
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   150 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     NORTHEAST IOWA
     NORTHERN ILLINOIS
     EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
     SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

   * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM
     UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY
     SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
   MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MASON
   CITY IOWA TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ROCKFORD ILLINOIS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

   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.

   &&

   DISCUSSION...POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS
   POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS GRADUALLY DEEPENING SURFACE LOW
   TRACKS EAST ALONG A FRONTAL ZONE SITUATED FROM NORTHEAST IOWA
   EASTWARD ALONG THE WI/IL BORDER TO LAKE MICHIGAN. A VOLATILE WARM
   AND VERY MOIST AIRMASS SHOULD FUEL INTENSE THUNDERSTORM UPDRAFTS
   ACROSS THESE AREAS WHERE MID LEVEL FLOW IN EXCESS AROUND 50KT
   SUPPORTS UPDRAFT PERSISTENCE AND ORGANIZATION. A NUMBER OF
   SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED PRIOR TO A CONSOLIDATION OF STORMS INTO A
   LARGE MCS TOWARD EVENING. LOW LEVEL SHEAR/HELICITY NEAR THE SURFACE
   LOW AND ALONG THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT SOME TORNADOES WITH ANY
   DISCRETE CELLS. A COUPLE STRONG TORNADOES SEEM POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS
   ENVIRONMENT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE
   HAIL AND LOCALIZED DOWNDRAFT/DAMAGING WIND THREATS.

   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28030.