Tornado Watch 46

Issued

Feb 26, 2013, 6:49 AM EST (11:49 UTC)

Expired

Feb 26, 2013, 2:57 PM EST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

40%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

10%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

10%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 231Feb 26, 3:51 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 232Feb 26, 6:19 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 237Feb 26, 11:38 AM EST

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WWUS20 KWNS 261152
SEL6  
SPC WW 261152
FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-262000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
650 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013

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

       WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA
       SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 650 AM UNTIL
300 PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH OF BRUNSWICK
GEORGIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SARASOTA 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...CONTINUE...WW 45...

DISCUSSION...BAND OF STG-SVR TSTMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS...IS
EVIDENT AT WW ISSUANCE TIME OVER PORTIONS FL PANHANDLE AND NERN
GULF...AND SHOULD ENCOUNTER INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL THETAE
AS IT MOVES INLAND OVER NRN/WRN FL.  ADDITIONAL CONVECTION MAY
DEVELOP OVER NRN FL AND SERN GA...INCLUDING WARM-SECTOR ACTIVITY
THAT WOULD POSE TORNADO RISK WHILE INTERACTING WITH
DIFFUSE/NWD-MOVING WARM FRONT OVER REGION.  VWP DATA AND FCST
SOUNDINGS SHOW FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS WITH 300-500 J/KG 0-1
KM SRH POSSIBLE...BOTH OVER WARM SECTOR AND IN SLICE OF WARM-FRONTAL
ZONE CONTAINING SFC-BASED LIFTED PARCELS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...EDWARDS

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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.