Tornado Watch 848

Issued

Sep 28, 1998, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 29, 1998, 10:00 AM CDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 848
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
945 PM CDT MON SEP 28 1998

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

   SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA                            
   SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA                            
   THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE                           
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM UNTIL
1000 AM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 15 MILES NORTH
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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 845...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 846.  WATCH NUMBER 845...846 WILL
NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1000 PM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 847...

DISCUSSION...WIND PROFILES REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF LOW-LEVEL
MESOCYCLOGENESIS E AND N OF GEORGES.  GREATEST THREAT FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS EXPECTED TO BE OVER
SE AL/SW GA AND THE WRN HALF OF THE FL PANHANDLE...WHERE STRONGEST
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS PRESENT AND SURFACE-BASED CAPE LIKELY TO REMAIN
ABOVE 750 J/KG.   

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 15040.


...CORFIDI

315,0883 330,0845 302,0833 290,0871

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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.