Tornado Watch 931

Issued

Nov 14, 2008, 6:37 PM CST (00:37 UTC)

Expired

Nov 15, 2008, 2:00 AM CST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

5%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 2380Nov 14, 5:17 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2381Nov 14, 6:11 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2383Nov 14, 10:19 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2385Nov 15, 1:23 AM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 150038
SEL1  
SPC WW 150038
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-150800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 931
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
735 PM EST FRI NOV 14 2008

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

       SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
       PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN FLORIDA
       SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 735 PM
UNTIL 300 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 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
ALBANY GEORGIA TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA.  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.

DISCUSSION...TSTMS HAVE INCREASED IN NUMBER/STRENGTH DURING THE PAST
90 MINS OVER THE NERN GULF OF MEX...AHEAD OF EJECTING/DEAMPLIFYING
UPR VORT.  DESPITE APPROACH OF THE VORT...LOW LVL WIND FIELDS ACROSS
WW AREA HAVE SHOWN SOME TEMPORAL VEERING IN THE PAST 2-3
HRS...LIKELY IN RESPONSE TO PASSAGE OF DOWNSTREAM UPR IMPULSE NOW IN
UPSTATE GA/SC.  NEVERTHELESS...GIVEN STRENGTH OF DEEP
SHEAR...PRESENCE OF APPRECIABLE SFC-BASED INSTABILITY...AND PRESENCE
OF EXISTING ORGANIZED STORMS IN THE GULF...IT APPEARS THAT SOME
THREAT WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLY ISOLD TORNADOES ACROSS
WW AS THE VORT CONTINUES ENE ACROSS REGION LATER THIS EVE.

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 23035.


...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.