Tornado Watch 47

Issued

Mar 3, 2001, 8:00 PM CST (02:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 4, 2001, 1:00 AM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 040156
SEL7  

SEL7  
MKC WW 040147
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-040700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 47
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
847 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2001

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

   EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA                            
   NORTH FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE                        
   SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA                            
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 900 PM UNTIL
200 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 70 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF
A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 15 MILES
SOUTHEAST 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 45...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46.  WATCH NUMBER 45...46 WILL NOT
BE IN EFFECT AFTER 900 PM EST.

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE INVOF LEWP CRESTS AND
STORM MERGERS ACROSS WATCH AREA THIS EVENING AS EXISTING SQUALL
LINE ENCOUNTERS BOUNDARY STALLED WSW/ENE ACROSS S GA.  WHILE
INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN LIMITED /SBCAPE AROUND 1000 J/KG/...KEOX
VWP /SE AL/ CONTINUES TO SHOW SUBSTANTIAL SFC-6 KM SHEAR /55-60
KTS/...WITH 30-40 DEGS OF DIRECTIONAL SHEAR IN THE LOWEST KM.

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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.

...CORFIDI

;312,0861 325,0812 310,0803 292,0853;

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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.