Tornado Watch 407

Issued

Oct 10, 2018, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)

Expired

Oct 11, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT

In force

11 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

60%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

5%

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

20%

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WWUS20 KWNS 101842
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SPC WW 101842
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 407
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
245 PM EDT Wed Oct 10 2018

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Northern Florida
  Georgia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning from
  245 PM until 200 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes likely

SUMMARY...Hurricane Michael will continue to spread northeastward
with an increasingly strong low-level wind field overspreading
northern Florida and much of Georgia through the afternoon and
evening. The possibility of low-topped supercells capable of
tornadoes can be expected across the region for a long duration.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 110 statute miles
east and west of a line from 55 miles north northeast of Macon GA to
80 miles south southeast of Valdosta GA. 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 406...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 14040.

...Guyer

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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.