Tornado Watch 9

Issued

Jan 2, 2022, 1:17 PM CST (19:17 UTC)

Expired

Jan 2, 2022, 10:00 PM CST

In force

9 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

10%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

10%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 18 Severe potential...watch unlikelyJan 2, 10:37 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 19 Severe potential...watch likelyJan 2, 12:53 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 20 Tornado watch 9Jan 2, 2:48 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 21 Tornado watch 9Jan 2, 3:50 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 22 Tornado watch 10...9Jan 2, 5:52 PM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 9
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
215 PM EST Sun Jan 2 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Far southeast Alabama
  Florida Panhandle
  Southwest to central Georgia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 215 PM until
  900 PM EST.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorm clusters with embedded supercell and bowing
structures should spread northeast this afternoon into early
evening.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles
east and west of a line from 105 miles northeast of Albany GA to 15
miles south southeast of Panama City FL. 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.

&&

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean
storm motion vector 24040.

...Grams

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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.