Tornado Watch 63

Issued

Mar 22, 2005, 6:55 AM CST (12:55 UTC)

Expired

Mar 22, 2005, 1:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 334Mar 22, 3:57 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 339Mar 22, 9:44 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 342Mar 22, 12:51 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 221259 CCA
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SPC WW 221259 CCA
ALZ000-FLZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-221900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 63...CORRECTED
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
655 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

CORRECTED FOR STATE WORDING

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

       SOUTHERN ALABAMA
       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
       SOUTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 655 AM UNTIL 100
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAUREL
MISSISSIPPI TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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...CONTINUE...WW 61...WW 62...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO
INCREASE OVER SRN MS AND PART OF SERN LA EARLY THIS MORNING. 
CONTINUED HEATING THIS MORNING WILL ENHANCE INSTABILITY AND WEAKEN
CIN EWD ACROSS SRN AL AND THE WRN FL PANHANDLE AHEAD OF THIS LINE OF
STORMS.  IN ADDITION...LOW LEVEL WAA CONTINUES TO INCREASE
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE CENTRAL GULF COAST.  SHEAR REMAINS EXTREME
AND WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH ATTENDANT THREAT OF A FEW TORNADOES
AS STORMS BECOME SURFACE-BASED DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.


...EVANS

322,0862 301,0863 301,0901 322,0900

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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.