Tornado Watch 46

Issued

Mar 1, 2007, 9:47 AM CST (15:47 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 2007, 7:45 PM CST

In force

10 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Particularly dangerous situation

Yes

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

95%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

70%

Ten or more severe wind reports

90%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

50%

Ten or more severe hail reports

60%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

40%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 234Mar 1, 6:54 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 235Mar 1, 8:58 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 238Mar 1, 11:39 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 241Mar 1, 1:40 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 243Mar 1, 2:41 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 244Mar 1, 2:59 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 246Mar 1, 5:22 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 011548
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SPC WW 011548
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-020200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007

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

       MUCH OF EASTERN ALABAMA
       FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       MUCH OF GEORGIA
       PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 AM UNTIL
900 PM EST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON
SOUTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 42...WW 43...WW 44...WW
45...

DISCUSSION...AIR MASS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DESTABILIZE ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA THRU THE AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF THE INTENSE UPPER TROUGH
AND MID/UPPER LEVEL JET.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING
E/NEWD AS AIR MASS DESTABILIZES WITH TORNADIC SUPERCELLS EXPECTED. 
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG/VIOLENT TORNADOES DEVELOPING DURING THE
AFTERNOON.

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 23050.


...HALES

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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.