Tornado Watch 7

Issued

Jan 21, 2016, 6:53 PM CST (00:53 UTC)

Expired

Jan 22, 2016, 5:00 AM CST

In force

10 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Two or more tornadoes

70%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

5%

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 37Jan 21, 5:29 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 39Jan 21, 8:38 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 41Jan 21, 11:33 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 42Jan 22, 1:56 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 45Jan 22, 4:51 AM CST

110 
WWUS20 KWNS 220051
SEL7  
SPC WW 220051
ALZ000-FLZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-220900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 7
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
630 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE
  SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM
  UNTIL 300 AM CST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...NNE-SSW ORIENTED SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EAST ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY...WHILE MORE SCATTERED STORMS FORM AHEAD OF LINE AND MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.  SOME OF THE STORMS COULD YIELD TORNADOES...IN ADDITION
TO DAMAGING WIND AND OCCASIONAL HAIL.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
TROY ALABAMA TO 25 MILES WEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 6...

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2016Tornado Watches in Florida, 2016Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2016Every tornado watch in 2016

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.