Tornado Watch 23

Issued

Feb 16, 2001, 1:15 PM CST (19:15 UTC)

Expired

Feb 16, 2001, 7:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 23
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1245 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2001

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

   ALABAMA                            
   NORTHWEST GEORGIA                            
   EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI                        
   SOUTHERN TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL 700
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI TO 40
MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE.

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 22...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED BOW ECHOES
IS MOVING EWD ACROSS CENTRAL/SWRN MS...WITH NEW CELLS DEVELOPING
NEAR THE FRONT OVER NWRN AL.  SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE INCREASING INTO
AL WITH STRENGTHENING CONVERGENCE NOTED ALONG FRONT NEAR
CBM/HSV/CHA LINE.  SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS ARE INCREASING FROM
CENTRAL MS NEWD INTO NRN AL IN ADVANCE OF SURFACE LOW NOW NEAR
JAN...SUGGESTING LOW WILL LIFT NEWD ALONG THE BOUNDARY.  18Z
SOUNDING AT BMX SHOWS VERY STRONG SHEAR AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY
TO SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS...INCLUDING POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.


...WEISS

;305,0901 353,0865 353,0840 305,0873;

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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.