Tornado Watch 960

Issued

Nov 18, 2003, 11:25 AM CST (17:25 UTC)

Expired

Nov 18, 2003, 5:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 2520Nov 18, 8:58 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2522Nov 18, 10:30 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2525Nov 18, 1:59 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2527Nov 18, 4:31 PM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 960 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
1125 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

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

       MUCH OF ALABAMA
       EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA
       SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1125 AM UNTIL
500 PM CST.

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 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF GADSDEN ALABAMA TO 30 MILES
WEST SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 958. WATCH NUMBER 958 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
1125 AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 959...


DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK
EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN/CENTRAL AL AND WESTERN FL PANHANDLE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG WIND FIELDS AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE INDICATE A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
 THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST WITH ISOLATED STORMS AHEAD OF LINE SPREADING
NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE WESTERN FL PANHANDLE.

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.


...HART

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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.