Tornado Watch 62

Issued

Feb 17, 2008, 5:26 AM CST (11:26 UTC)

Expired

Feb 17, 2008, 12:34 PM CST

In force

7 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

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

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

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 251Feb 17, 2:13 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 253Feb 17, 5:05 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 255Feb 17, 7:13 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 256Feb 17, 9:43 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 258Feb 17, 12:14 PM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 62
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
530 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

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

       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 530 AM UNTIL 100
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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
 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 61...

DISCUSSION...AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOISTEN THIS MORNING AIDING
IN SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION TO MAINTAIN EASTWARD MOVING SQUALL
LINE INTO SOUTHEASTERN MS...SOUTHWESTERN AL AND THE WRN FL
PANHANDLE.  INCREASING SLY LOW LEVEL WINDS COMBINED WITH STRONG FLOW
ALOFT WILL SUPPORT DEEP LAYER AND LOW LEVEL SHEAR FAVORABLE FOR
ROTATING UPDRAFTS AND AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AND
DAMAGING WIND.

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 23050.


...PETERS/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.