Tornado Watch 44

Issued

Feb 25, 2013, 3:54 PM CST (21:54 UTC)

Expired

Feb 25, 2013, 10:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

60%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

40%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

50%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

20%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 223Feb 25, 2:52 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 227Feb 25, 7:57 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 229Feb 25, 9:31 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 252202
SEL4  
SPC WW 252202
ALZ000-FLZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-260400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
355 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

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

       SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
       FAR WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GULFPORT
MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 41...WW 42...WW 43...

DISCUSSION...DIFFUSE WNW-ESE WARM FRONT OVER SRN LA AND THE N CNTRL
GULF EXPECTED TO CONTINUE REFORMING NWD AS MEAN SSWLY FLOW
STRENGTHENS ACROSS REGION DOWNSTREAM FROM PROGRESSIVE N TX UPR LOW.
ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE/WARMING BENEATH
INCREASING UPR DIVERGENCE SUGGESTS LIKELIHOOD THAT EXISTING
SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS NOW UPSTREAM FROM WW AREA WILL REMAIN
STRONG AS THEY MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY NE THROUGH LATE TNGT. THE
TORNADO THREAT MAY INCREASE LATER TNGT INVOF WARM FRONT OVER SRN
MS...SRN AL...AND THE FL PANHANDLE...DESPITE TIME OF DAY...AS MID
LVL FLOW VEERS AND STRENGTHENS IN RESPONSE TO THE CONTINUED ENE
MOTION OF UPR LOW.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.


...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.