Tornado Watch 39

Issued

Feb 16, 1998, 6:15 PM EST (23:15 UTC)

Expired

Feb 17, 1998, 1:00 AM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
600 PM EST MON FEB 16 1998

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

   NORTHERN FLORIDA                            
   SOUTHERN GEORGIA                            
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM UNTIL
100 AM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 95 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CROSS CITY FLORIDA TO 60
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ALBANY 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 36...WW 37...WW 38...

DISCUSSION...POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES EXPECTED TO
INCREASE THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE FL COASTAL BEND
...N FL AND S GA AS EXIT REGION OF STRONG SOUTHERN BRANCH SPEED MAX
NOW OVER THE TX GULF COAST CONTINUES E ACROSS THE NRN GULF.  WATCH
REGION IS ALREADY BEING INFLUENCED BY LARGE SCALE ASCENT DOWNSTREAM
FROM THIS SYSTEM...AS EVIDENCED BY SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS AND
INCREASING COVERAGE/INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER THE
NORTHEASTERN GULF.  STRONGEST ACTIVITY MAY FOCUS ON LEADING EDGE OF
RETURNING UNMODIFIED GULF AIR...WHICH AT THE MOMENT IS ORIENTED E/W
ALONG ROUGHLY 28N.  

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 520. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.


...CORFIDI

283,0851 314,0844 314,0813 283,0820

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.