Tornado Watch 32

Issued

Feb 18, 2012, 7:24 PM CST (01:24 UTC)

Expired

Feb 19, 2012, 1:09 AM CST

In force

6 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

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

5%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 130Feb 18, 3:41 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 132Feb 18, 7:05 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 133Feb 18, 10:36 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 190130
SEL2
SPC WW 190130
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-190900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 32
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
825 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012

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

       SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
       NORTHERN FLORIDA AND MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       SOUTHERN GEORGIA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 825 PM
UNTIL 400 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 60 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WAYCROSS
GEORGIA.  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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 30. WATCH NUMBER 30 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 825
PM EST. CONTINUE...WW 31...

DISCUSSION...SW-NE SQLN NOW EXTENDING FROM SW GA TO NEAR VPS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE E AT ABOUT 40 KTS.  ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT MAY
OCCUR ON SWRN END AS ASSOCIATED E TX UPR TROUGH PIVOTS EWD ACROSS
REGION OF MODEST SFC-BASED INSTABILITY OVER FL PANHANDLE/N FL. LOW
LVL BUOYANCY LIKELY WILL REMAIN INCREASINGLY MARGINAL FOR SFC-BASED
SVR STORMS WITH ENE EXTENT ACROSS GA.  NEVERTHELESS...EXISTING WIND
FIELD /PER VWP DATA/ AND FCST STRENGTHENING OF LOW TO MID LVL WINDS
/PER GFS AND ECMWF/ SUGGEST AT LEAST A CONDITIONAL THREAT FOR
SPORADIC DMGG WIND/ISOLD TORNADOES FROM EMBEDDED SUSTAINED
STORMS/ROTATING CELLS/SMALL BOWS.

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 25040.


...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.