Tornado Watch 21

Issued

Feb 22, 2003, 11:55 AM EST (16:55 UTC)

Expired

Feb 22, 2003, 5:00 PM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 125Feb 22, 9:27 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 128Feb 22, 10:59 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 132Feb 22, 1:49 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 133Feb 22, 2:22 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 135Feb 22, 3:48 PM EST

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WWUS20 KWNS 221653
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WWUS20 KWNS 221655
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 21
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1155 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2003

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

   NORTHEAST FLORIDA                            
   EASTERN GEORGIA                            
   EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA                     
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1155 AM UNTIL
500 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 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF GAINESVILLE FLORIDA TO 60 MILES
NORTH 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 18.  WATCH NUMBER 18 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1155 AM
EST.  CONTINUE...WW 19...WW 20...

DISCUSSION...STRONG SQUALL LINE CONTINUES MOVING 27030 WITH
INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING RAPIDLY NE.  WIND DAMAGE WILL CONTINUE TO
BE COMMON ALONG THE LINE WITH SHEAR PROFILES AND MODEST INSTABILITY
FAVORING ISOLATED TORNADOS.


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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...HALES

334,0785 292,0811 292,0831 334,0810

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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.