Tornado Watch 561

Issued

Dec 23, 2014, 2:47 PM CST (20:47 UTC)

Expired

Dec 23, 2014, 11:10 PM CST

In force

8 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

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

20%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1985Dec 23, 11:33 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 1986Dec 23, 12:12 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 1987Dec 23, 2:06 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 1988Dec 23, 2:57 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 1990Dec 23, 7:03 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 1991Dec 23, 10:22 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 232056
SEL1  
SPC WW 232056
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-240500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 561
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
  SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
  1100 PM CST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
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 560...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND POSSIBLY
STRENGTH ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF SSW-NNE COLD FRONT ADVANCING EWD
FROM CNTRL MS/S CNTRL LA. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM IN
LOW-LVL CONFLUENCE AXIS AHEAD OF FRONT OVER SW/S CNTRL AL. LATEST
SFC DATA SHOW A SUB-SYNOPTIC LOW FORMING NEAR NEW ORLEANS ATTM. THE
LOW SHOULD DEEPEN AND MOVE NNE INTO AL...ENHANCING LOW-LVL
DIRECTIONAL SHEAR TO ITS N AND E. COUPLED WITH SEASONABLY RICH
MOISTURE AND 50-60 KT SWLY DEEP SHEAR...SETUP APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR
/1/ A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE SQLN POSING A THREAT FOR DMGG WIND AND
OCCASIONAL TORNADOES FROM EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS...AND /2/ A FEW MORE
DISCRETE SUPERCELLS E OF THE LINE WITH A RISK FOR A COUPLE
TORNADOES...LOCALLY DMGG WIND...AND MARGINALLY SVR HAIL.

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.


...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.