URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 543 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1145 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FLORIDA PANHANDLE WESTERN GEORGIA SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM UNTIL 700 AM EDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 540...WW 541...WW 542... DISCUSSION...A PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTIVE BAND IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY AHEAD OF A POTENT VORTICITY MAXIMUM EJECTING NEWD THROUGH THE LOWER MS VALLEY. THE COMBINATION OF A MOIST...MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND A STRONGLY SHEARED KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF EMBEDDED BOWING AND SUPERCELL STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21030.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
TORNADO WATCH: ALABAMA, FLORIDA PANHANDLE, GEORGIA, TENNESSEE / 11:45PM Mon - 07:00AM Tues
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