Tornado Watch 62

Issued

Mar 12, 2001, 1:45 PM CST (19:45 UTC)

Expired

Mar 12, 2001, 8:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 62
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
321 PM EST MON MAR 12 2001

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

   EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA                            
   NORTHERN FLORIDA                            
   SOUTHERN GEORGIA                            
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL 900
PM EST.

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 130 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO
70 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF WAYCROSS 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 61.  WATCH NUMBER 61 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 345 PM EST. 

DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO BOW EWD
ACROSS SERN AL/NWRN FL.  STRONGEST STORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING ALONG
INTERSECTION OF SQUALL LINE AND WARM FRONT THAT EXTENDS EWD ACROSS
EXTREME SRN GA.  VAD WINDS EXHIBIT EXTREME VALUES OF LOW LEVEL
SHEAR/HELICITY AS WINDS VEER AND INCREASE TO 50-60 KT WITHIN 1-2 KM
OF THE GROUND.  OTHER CELLS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE LINE OVER NRN
FL MAY ALSO INTENSIFY NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH THREAT FOR DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.


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 24045.


...WEISS

;293,0871 321,0850 321,0803 293,0825;

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