Tornado Watch 738

Issued

Nov 5, 2002, 10:25 PM EST (03:25 UTC)

Expired

Nov 6, 2002, 4:00 AM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 060326
SEL8  
SPC WW 060325
FLZ000-GAZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-060900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 738
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1025 PM EST TUE NOV 5 2002

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

   NORTHERN FLORIDA                            
   CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA                            
   SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA                     
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1025 PM
UNTIL 400 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 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA TO
50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.

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 737.  WATCH NUMBER 737 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1025 PM
EST.

DISCUSSION...WARM SECTOR CONTINUES TO EXPAND AHEAD OF BROKEN LINE
OF SHALLOW STORMS NOW MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL GA AND THE CENTRAL FL
PANHANDLE.  ADDITIONAL DESTABILIZATION IS ALSO OCCURING INTO SRN SC
WERE COASTAL FRONT HAS PUSHED INLAND.  GIVEN THE IMPRESSIVE LOW AND
DEEP LAYER SHEAR WITH 50 KT WINDS OBSERVED AT 1 KM ON AREA
VWP/S...THE VERY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER WILL MAINTAIN A THREAT OF
TORNADOES AS SHALLOW SUPERCELLS SHIFT ENEWD OVERNIGHT.


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 350. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...EVANS

331,0794 294,0825 294,0850 331,0815

Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2002Tornado Watches in Florida, 2002Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2002Every tornado watch in 2002

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.