Tornado Watch 49

Issued

Apr 14, 2018, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)

Expired

Apr 15, 2018, 12:43 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

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

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 257Apr 14, 2:56 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 259Apr 14, 6:17 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 261Apr 14, 9:27 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 142353
SEL9  
SPC WW 142353
ALZ000-FLZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-150700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 49
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
650 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Southern Alabama
  Florida Panhandle
  Far southeast Mississippi
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 650 PM
  until 200 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Storms are expected to persist and gradually intensify
along composite outflow across the region with a gradual
east/northeastward acceleration this evening. Increasing low-level
shear and the presence of a weak area of low pressure will maintain
long/somewhat curved low-level wind profiles supportive of a
quasi-linear convective mode with embedded supercells/mesovortices
capable of a few tornadoes along with damaging winds.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
east and west of a line from 40 miles west northwest of Troy AL to
70 miles south of Gulfport MS. For a complete depiction of the watch
see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 48...

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 500. Mean
storm motion vector 24025.

...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.