Tornado Watch 736

Issued

Nov 5, 2002, 12:35 PM CST (18:35 UTC)

Expired

Nov 5, 2002, 6:00 PM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 051842
SEL6  
SPC WW 051835
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-060000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 736
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1235 PM CST TUE NOV 5 2002

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

   SOUTHERN/EASTERN ALABAMA                            
   THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE                            
   SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA                            
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL 600
PM CST.

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 95 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 40 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MACON 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.

DISCUSSION...DAYTIME HEATING AND CONTINUED STRONG GULF MOISTURE
INFLUX WILL ALLOW LOW LEVEL DESTABILIZATION TO SPREAD NNE INTO ERN
AL/CNTRL GA LATER TODAY.  SCATTERED SHOWERS/POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INVOF CONFLUENCE AXIS EXTENDING NWD INTO
WW REGION FROM THE NERN GULF.  COUPLED WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR
AND CONTINUED DESTABILIZATION...SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY PRODUCE
ISOLATED TORNADOES DESPITE WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES.  A LIMITED
THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS ALONG SQUALL LINE
NOW NEARING MOB...AS THE LINE CONTINUES EWD. 

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 22035.

...CORFIDI

330,0823 294,0840 294,0871 330,0854

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