Tornado Watch 563

Issued

Dec 24, 2014, 6:32 AM EST (11:32 UTC)

Expired

Dec 24, 2014, 2:00 PM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

30%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

20%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

5%

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

40%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1992Dec 24, 3:10 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 1993Dec 24, 5:02 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 1994Dec 24, 8:50 AM EST

154 
WWUS20 KWNS 241135
SEL3  
SPC WW 241135
FLZ000-GAZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-241900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 563
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
635 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
  SOUTHERN GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 635 AM
  UNTIL 200 PM EST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST OF APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA TO 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 562. WATCH NUMBER 562 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
635 AM EST. 

DISCUSSION...LOW-CAPE/HIGH-SHEAR PARAMETER SPACE THAT CHARACTERIZES
WARM SECTOR IS FCST TO EXPAND NEWD WITH RETREAT OF SHALLOW/DAMMING
FRONT ACROSS ERN PORTIONS WW AREA...WITH ISOLATED POTENTIALLY
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS POSSIBLE.  MEANWHILE SQLN WILL BECOME
BETTER-DEFINED AND SHIFT EWD OVER WW AREA THROUGH MIDDAY.  REF SPC
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1993 FOR MORE DETAILS ON NOWCAST SITUATION.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.


...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.