Tornado Watch 776

Issued

Oct 26, 1997, 6:45 AM CST (12:45 UTC)

Expired

Oct 26, 1997, 12:00 PM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 776
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
626 AM CST SUN OCT 26 1997...CORRECTED FOR STANDARD TIME

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
   SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
   FLORIDA PANHANDLE
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 645 AM UNTIL 1200
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF
A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO 30 MILES EAST OF
LA GRANGE GEORGIA.

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...POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS THIS MORNING AS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASES ACROSS THE
REGION. GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES SHOULD BE ALONG WARM FRONT
OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. LATEST DOPPLER DATA
ALSO SHOWS ROTATING STORMS APPROACHING THE COAST OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 480.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24530.


...VESCIO

305,0874 334,0855 321,0831 293,0851

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.