Tornado Watch 52

Issued

Feb 12, 2008, 12:34 PM CST (18:34 UTC)

Expired

Feb 12, 2008, 8:00 PM CST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

30%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

50%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 206Feb 12, 9:53 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 208Feb 12, 12:12 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 209Feb 12, 12:40 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 212Feb 12, 2:19 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 214Feb 12, 5:49 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 218Feb 12, 7:11 PM CST

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SPC WW 121838
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 52
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1235 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008

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

       PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
       WESTERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL
800 PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 95 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF PINE BELT
MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MARIANNA FLORIDA.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 51...

DISCUSSION...LARGE/WELL-ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE SYSTEM CONTINUES MOVING
ACROSS MS AND LA ATTM...WITH ISOLATED CELL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUING
AHEAD OF THE MAIN CONVECTIVE LINE.  AIRMASS CONTINUES TO SLOWLY
MOISTEN/DESTABILIZE...AND THUS EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE MOVING EWD
ACROSS THIS REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.
ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINAL HAIL...POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL ALSO EXIST -- PARTICULARLY WITH STORMS DEVELOPING
AHEAD OF THE LINEAR SYSTEM.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28035.


...GOSS

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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.