Tornado Watch 65

Issued

Feb 17, 2008, 5:58 PM CST (23:58 UTC)

Expired

Feb 18, 2008, 2:00 AM CST

In force

8 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

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

20%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

10%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 260Feb 17, 2:45 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 261Feb 17, 5:19 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 263Feb 17, 7:34 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 264Feb 17, 10:35 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 266Feb 18, 1:39 AM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
655 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

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

       THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GEORGIA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 655 PM UNTIL
100 AM EST.

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 45 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE
FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 63...WW 64...

DISCUSSION...LONG TRACK SUPERCELL IS CONTINUING TO MOVE ENEWD ACROSS
CENTRAL GA...WHILE BOW ECHO SYSTEM IS MOVING RAPID ENEWD AT 50 KT
TOWARD CENTRAL GA.  FARTHER SOUTH...INTENSIFYING STORMS ARE NOTED
OFF THE NWRN FL COAST MOVING NEWD 35-40 KT.  SEVERE THREAT IS
EXPECTED TO SPREAD EWD AND NEWD THIS EVENING WITHIN ENVIRONMENT
WHERE STRONG WINDS VEER AND INCREASE WITH HEIGHT...PROVIDING
FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR TO SUPPORT CONTINUED SUPERCELLS AND BOW
ECHOES.  STRONGER CELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

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 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...WEISS

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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.