Tornado Watch 76

Issued

Mar 27, 2009, 11:05 AM EDT (15:05 UTC)

Expired

Mar 27, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

Counties Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

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

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 293Mar 27, 10:51 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 295Mar 27, 1:11 PM EDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 271458
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SPC WW 271458
FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-271800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 76
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1100 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009

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

       FLORIDA BIG BEND
       SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1100 AM UNTIL
200 PM EDT.

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 40 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF MOULTRIE
GEORGIA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 75. WATCH NUMBER 75 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1100
AM EDT. 

DISCUSSION...WELL-DEVELOPED MCS/SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS
THE FL BIG BEND AND SW GA THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  SOME MOISTENING E OF
THE ONGOING STORMS SHOULD RESULT IN SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION TO
SUSTAIN THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WITH
BOWING SEGMENTS IN THE LARGER SQUALL LINE.

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...THOMPSON

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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.