Tornado Watch 31

Issued

Mar 16, 2014, 8:59 AM CDT (13:59 UTC)

Expired

Mar 16, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

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

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 191Mar 16, 7:51 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 192Mar 16, 10:27 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 194Mar 16, 2:55 PM CDT

691 
WWUS20 KWNS 161404
SEL1  
SPC WW 161404
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-162200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 31
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
900 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
  SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 900 AM UNTIL
  500 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 30...

DISCUSSION...NE-SW SQLN NOW OVER SRN AL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD IN
TANDEM WITH 40-50 KT SW LLJ. LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT ACROSS
WW AREA WILL BE WEAK TO NEUTRAL AS MAIN UPR IMPULSE CONTINUES NE
INTO THE LWR TN AND OH RVR VLYS. BUT WEAK DISTURBANCES IN SRN STREAM
FLOW...COUPLED WITH MODEST SFC HEATING AND FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL
LOW-LVL MOISTURE RETURN...SUGGEST A CONTINUED RISK FOR EMBEDDED
LEWPS/TRANSIENT SUPERCELLS IN THE SQLN EWD TOWARD DHN/TLH...WITH AN
ATTENDANT CONDITIONAL RISK FOR TORNADOES/LOCALLY DMGG WIND.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...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.