Tornado Watch 29

Issued

Feb 13, 2000, 10:00 PM CST (04:00 UTC)

Expired

Feb 14, 2000, 4:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 29
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1046 PM EST SUN FEB 13 2000

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

   SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA                            
   THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA                            
   SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA                            
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1100 PM UNTIL
500 AM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 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 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO
60 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MACON 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 26.  WATCH NUMBER 26 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1100 PM
EST.  CONTINUE...WW 27...WW 28...

DISCUSSION...TWO LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN MODERATELY
UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH ISOLATED CELLS SHOWING TORNADIC SIGNATURES.
APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH AND INCREASING WIND SHEAR/DYNAMICS WILL
MAINTAIN THREAT OF A ISOLATED DAMAGING 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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...ROGASH

332,0822 293,0835 293,0870 332,0854

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