Tornado Watch 30

Issued

Mar 16, 2014, 4:51 AM CDT (09:51 UTC)

Expired

Mar 16, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

20%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

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

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 187Mar 16, 1:42 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 188Mar 16, 4:20 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 190Mar 16, 6:31 AM CDT

938 
WWUS20 KWNS 160953
SEL0  
SPC WW 160953
ALZ000-FLZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-161700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 30
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
455 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHERN ALABAMA
  EXTREME WESTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  SMALL PART OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 455 AM UNTIL NOON CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  A FEW SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
SLIDELL LOUISIANA TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF EVERGREEN
ALABAMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

DISCUSSION...BAND OF TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS SRN MS AND SERN LA IS
GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED AS IT MOVES INTO MRGLLY
FAVORABLE NEAR-SFC AIR MASS THAT IS FCST TO DESTABILIZE FURTHER
THROUGH REMAINDER MORNING.  ADDITIONAL DISCRETE/CLUSTERED
DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN GROWING E OF THAT LINE AS WELL...WITHIN REGIME
OF MORE BACKED SFC WINDS ALONG AND S OF MARINE FRONT.  LARGE
LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS AND FAVORABLE DEEP SHEAR EACH SUGGEST POTENTIAL
FOR QLCS VORTICES WITH DAMAGING GUSTS AND A TORNADO OR TWO
POSSIBLE...AND AT LEAST TRANSIENT SUPERCELLS MAY EVOLVE FROM TSTMS
AHEAD OF MAIN LINE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 65 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.