Tornado Watch 95

Issued

Mar 4, 2008, 3:21 AM CST (09:21 UTC)

Expired

Mar 4, 2008, 12:00 PM CST

In force

9 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

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

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

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 339Mar 4, 2:30 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 341Mar 4, 4:55 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 346Mar 4, 10:56 AM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 040924
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SPC WW 040924
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 95
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
320 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

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

       SOUTHERN ALABAMA
       WESTERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 320 AM UNTIL NOON 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 110 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
DOTHAN ALABAMA TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 93. WATCH NUMBER 93 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 320
AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 94...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN SQLN ALONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH EJECTING
AR UPR LOW/TROUGH EXPECTED TO CONTINUE STEADILY EWD...WHILE EMBEDDED
STORMS MOVE RAPIDLY NNE WITHIN IT.  LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN HAS
INCREASED APPRECIABLY IN THE LAST FEW HOURS ALONG THE ERN GULF CST. 
SFC OBSERVATIONS/VWP DATA SUGGEST THAT MOISTURE SHOULD CONTINUE TO
SPREAD N INTO SE AL AND SW GA AHEAD OF SQLN LATER THIS MORNING...TO
A DEGREE SUPPORTIVE OF SUSTAINED STORMS.  OTHER STORMS MAY FORM IN
CONFLUENCE LINE AHEAD OF SQLN...OVER CNTRL PARTS OF THE FL PANHANDLE
INTO SE AL.  STRENGTH OF WIND FIELD AND SLIGHTLY BACKED NEAR-SFC
FLOW SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO
NARROW SWATHS OF DMGG WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL.

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 21045.


...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.