Tornado Watch 852

Issued

Sep 29, 1998, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 30, 1998, 5:00 AM EDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 852
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
637 PM EDT TUE SEP 29 1998

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

NORTHERN FLORIDA
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 700 PM
UNTIL 500 AM EDT.

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 EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA TO 25 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF CROSS CITY 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 850.  WATCH NUMBER 850 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 700 PM
EDT.  CONTINUE...WW 851...

DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS
T.D. GEORGES PROGRESSES FARTHER ENEWD.  ALTHOUGH VERTICAL SHEAR HAS
WEAKENED SOMEWHAT COMPARED TO THIS TIME YESTERDAY...PROFILES REMAIN
MILDLY SUPPORTIVE OF LOW-LEVEL CYCLOGENESIS.  ISOLATED STORMS NOW
DEVELOPING OVER E CENTRAL/SE GA WELL AHEAD OF T.D. CIRCULATION
CENTER SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING.  THIS WILL LEAVE MAIN
TORNADIC THREAT CONFINED TO CONVERGENCE BANDS IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF
T.D. CIRCULATION CENTER.       

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI
WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 480.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 18035.

...CORFIDI

330,0812 292,0805 292,0842 330,0850

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