Northern Alabama under the gun with LEWP...

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Northern Alabama under the gun with LEWP...

#1 Postby Stormsfury » Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:42 pm

Two hour radar loop from BMX... training thunderstorms with embedded bow segments and LEWP ...

BXM Radar Loop - 2 hours
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#2 Postby ColdFront77 » Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:43 pm

A "LEWP" is a "Line Echo Wave Pattern."
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#3 Postby Guest » Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:46 pm

Looks like anywhere north of Montgomery is in-store for some severe weather.
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#4 Postby ColdFront77 » Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:49 pm

South of Birmingham, Alabama, too.....

Tornado Watch is in effect (from 4:55 pm CST) until 11:00pm CST from the Birmingham, Alabama area southwestward to southern Louisiana, including Hattiesburg, Mississippi and Baton Rouge & New Orleans, Louisiana.

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#5 Postby CajunMama » Thu Feb 05, 2004 9:03 pm

thanks for explaining a LEWP, Tom! I was like what the heck is a LEWP!
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#6 Postby ColdFront77 » Thu Feb 05, 2004 9:07 pm

You're welcome, Kathy. I like to spell out what the acronyms stand for in my posts so people know what they stand for.

It would be great if we could access a list on the board for all of them. :)
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