Tornado Watch 76

Issued

Apr 1, 2016, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)

Expired

Apr 2, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

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

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 329Apr 1, 5:40 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 330Apr 1, 7:35 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 331Apr 1, 11:39 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 332Apr 2, 2:19 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 333Apr 2, 4:18 AM EDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 020059
SEL6  
SPC WW 020059
FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-020800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 76
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
900 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHERN FLORIDA
  SOUTHERN GEORGIA
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 900 PM
  UNTIL 400 AM EDT.

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

SUMMARY...ONE OR TWO LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE
GENERALLY EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. 
A FEW EMBEDDED STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WIND...MARGINALLY
SEVERE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A COUPLE TORNADOES.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA
CITY FLORIDA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 75...

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Florida, 2016Tornado Watches in Georgia, 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.