Severe Thunderstorm Watch 2

Issued

Jan 19, 2001, 6:00 AM CST (12:00 UTC)

Expired

Jan 19, 2001, 11:00 AM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 2
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
519 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2001

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTHERN ALABAMA                            
   WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE                            
   SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI                        
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 600 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CST.

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GULFPORT
MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF AUBURN ALABAMA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 1.  WATCH NUMBER 1 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 600 AM CST.

DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS BEGINNING TO TURN ENEWD FROM
SOUTH TX INCREASING THE LIFT ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COASTAL
STATES. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT IN EXTREME
SERN LA AND WILL MOVE EWD AT 40-45 KT WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF 
WIND DAMAGE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NRN GULF COASTAL
WATERS WILL MOVE NEWD INTO SRN AL/WRN FL PANHANDLE NEXT FEW HOURS
WITH A THREAT OF WIND DAMAGE AND ISOLATED HAIL. 

AVIATION...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 24045.

...IMY

312,0891 333,0851 304,0851 283,0891

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Florida, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2001

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.