Tornado Watch 737

Issued

Sep 14, 2001, 4:45 AM EDT (08:45 UTC)

Expired

Sep 14, 2001, 11:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

051 
WWUS9 KMKC 140845
SEL7  
MKC WW 140839
FLZ000-CWZ000-141500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 737
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
439 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001

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

   SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA                            
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 445 AM UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 60 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 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ORLANDO FLORIDA TO 70
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT MEYERS FLORIDA.

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.

DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL EXIST THROUGH LATER THIS
MORNING AS LOW LEVEL SPEED/DIRECTIOANL SHEAR INCREASE MARKEDLY WITH
CONTINUED NE MOTION OF T.S. GABRIELLE.  TORNADO THREAT EXPECTED TO
BE GREATEST WHERE N/S BANDS OF CONVECTION ON GABRIELLES ERN SIDE
/POSSIBLY ENHANCED BY FRICTIONAL CONVERGENCE OVER BOTH THE WRN AND
ERN COASTS OF FL/ INTERSECT NW/SE ORIENTED WARM FRONT LIFTING NWD
FROM A FMY-FLL LINE.  

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 19035.

...CORFIDI

284,0802 255,0795 255,0821 284,0825

Tornado Watches in Florida, 2001Every tornado 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.