Tornado Watch 30

Issued

Feb 14, 2000, 3:00 AM EST (08:00 UTC)

Expired

Feb 14, 2000, 9:00 AM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

530 
WWUS9 KMKC 140736
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MKC WW 140736
FLZ000-GAZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-141400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 30
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
236 AM EST MON FEB 14 2000

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

   EXTREME NORTHERN FLORIDA                            
   SOUTHEAST GEORGIA                            
   SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA                     
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 300 AM UNTIL 900 AM 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 EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA TO 40 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF SAVANNAH 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...  CONTINUE...WW 29...

DISCUSSION...BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ENEWD FROM SWRN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL GA INTO SERN GA.  VAD WINDS EXHIBIT VERY STRONG LOW
LEVEL SHEAR AND HELICITY GREATER THAN 300 M2/S2 SUGGESTING CONTNUED
POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS.  ALTHOUGH AIR MASS IS ONLY
MARGINALLY UNSTABLE NEAR THE COAST...SLOW DESTABILIZATION AHEAD OF
STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL MAINTAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...WEISS

300,0835 323,0824 323,0801 300,0812

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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.