Tornado Watch 93

Issued

Mar 8, 1998, 9:00 AM EST (14:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 1998, 4:00 PM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 93
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
828 AM EST SUN MAR 8 1998

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

   SOUTHERN GEORGIA                            
   NORTHERN FLORIDA                            
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 900 AM UNTIL 400
PM EST.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF TALAHASSEE FLORIDA
TO 20 MILES EAST OF BRUNSWICK 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 91.  WATCH NUMBER 91 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 900 AM EST. 
CONTINUE...WW 92...

DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY
NORTHEASTWARD FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST
FLORIDA...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.  12Z SOUNDINGS AND LOCAL VAD WIND
PROFILES SHOW EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE THAT VEER
WITH HEIGHT...CREATING FAVORABLE SHEAR FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. 
AIR MASS IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND
DESTABILIZATION IS LIKELY INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA/NORTHERN FLORIDA
PENINSULA TODAY.  STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS WITH THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 420. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22060.


...WEISS

314,0845 321,0810 300,0810 293,0845

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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.