Tornado Watch 513

Issued

Nov 30, 2016, 11:06 AM CST (17:06 UTC)

Expired

Nov 30, 2016, 5:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Two or more tornadoes

40%

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

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

10%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1856Nov 30, 9:00 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 1857Nov 30, 12:59 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 1858Nov 30, 1:55 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 1860Nov 30, 4:45 PM CST

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SPC WW 301704
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 513
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1105 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
  WESTERN GEORGIA
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1105 AM
  UNTIL 500 PM CST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...A LINE OF STRONG STORMS MAY INTENSIFY SOME THIS AFTERNOON
WHILE MOVING EASTWARD INTO EASTERN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA...WITH AN
ACCOMPANYING RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS.  FARTHER SOUTH...DISCRETE
STORMS ARE FORMING AHEAD OF THE LINE...AND SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL
BECOME SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A COUPLE OF
TORNADOES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ATHENS GA TO
35 MILES SOUTH OF CRESTVIEW FL. 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...CONTINUE...WW 512...

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.

...THOMPSON

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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.