Tornado Watch 844

Issued

Sep 28, 1998, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 28, 1998, 1:00 PM CDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 844
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1237 AM CDT MON SEP 28 1998

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

   SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI                        
   SOUTHERN ALABAMA                            
   NORTHWEST FLORIDA                            
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 100 AM UNTIL 100
PM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI TO 10
MILES NORTH OF MARIANNA FLORIDA.

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 841.  WATCH NUMBER 841 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 100 AM
CDT.

DISCUSSION...BANDS OF INTENSE CONVECTION CONTINUE TO ROTATE NWWD IN
THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE CIRCULATION OF HURRICANE GEORGES. 
VAD WIND PROFILES AT KMOB AND KEVX EXHIBIT WINDS AOA 50 KT IN THE
LOWEST 1-2 KM WITH FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND HELICITY FOR
OCCASIONAL SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.  THREAT FOR A FEW TORNADOES IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS GEORGES DRIFTS
TOWARD THE COAST.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI
WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 11050.


...WEISS

321,0891 320,0851 295,0851 301,0891

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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.