Tornado Watch 11

Issued

Jan 8, 2008, 6:36 PM CST (00:36 UTC)

Expired

Jan 9, 2008, 12:24 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

30%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

5%

Ten or more severe hail reports

10%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 34Jan 8, 4:03 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 35Jan 8, 5:51 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 37Jan 8, 9:32 PM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 11
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
640 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

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

       NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA
       EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 640 PM
UNTIL 100 AM 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MC COMB
MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 10. WATCH NUMBER 10 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 640
PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 9...

DISCUSSION...CHANCE FOR ISOLD TORNADOES AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND
EXPECTED TO PERSIST FROM THE MID TN VLY S INTO SRN MS/WRN AL THIS
EVENING AS PREFRONTAL SQLN CONTINUES EWD.  THE STRONGEST MASS
FORCING AND SHEAR WILL LIFT N AWAY FROM REGION WITH TIME.  BUT
PRESENCE OF EXISTING SUSTAINED STORMS IN A SEASONABLY WARM...MOIST
AND HIGHLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT SUGGEST A CONTINUED SVR RISK THROUGH
AT LEAST MID EVENING.

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 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.


...CORFIDI

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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.