Tornado Watch 545

Issued

Oct 14, 2014, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)

Expired

Oct 14, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

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

50%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1888Oct 14, 2:07 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1891Oct 14, 7:35 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1892Oct 14, 10:21 AM CDT

168 
WWUS20 KWNS 140828
SEL5  
SPC WW 140828
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-141600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 545
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
425 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 425 AM UNTIL NOON EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ALBANY
GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 543...WW 544...

DISCUSSION...DAMAGING-WIND POTENTIAL AND CONDITIONAL TORNADO THREAT
WILL REMAIN THROUGH MORNING FROM ONGOING QLCS...AS WELL AS FROM ANY
RELATIVELY DISCRETE/SUSTAINED CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN PRE-QLCS WARM
SECTOR.  THIS RISK IS STARTING TO SHIFT/SPREAD E OF WW 543 INTO
ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY 500-1500 J/KG MLCAPE...RICH
BOUNDARY-LAYER MOISTURE....LOW LCL...35-40-KT EFFECTIVE-SHEAR
MAGNITUDE AND LARGE HODOGRAPHS...WITH 0-3 KM SRH AROUND 300 J/KG IN
TLH VWP.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. 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.