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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 558

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

135 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

  THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL

  800 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

DOTHAN ALABAMA TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MOULTRIE GEORGIA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THE WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS INLAND IN ADVANCE

OF A PRE-FRONTAL BAND OF STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EJECTING MIDLEVEL

TROUGH.  THOUGH LAPSE RATES ARE NOT PARTICULARLY STEEP...BOUNDARY

LAYER DEWPOINTS IN THE 68-70 F RANGE WILL SUPPORT SURFACE-BASED

BUOYANCY IN THE WARM SECTOR.  VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG

THE WARM FRONT...WHERE THE RISK FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL BE

FOCUSED.  OTHERWISE...AN ISOLATED TORNADO AND A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS

WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE BAND OF STORMS FARTHER TO THE S INTO THE

FL PANHANDLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...THOMPSON



925 

WWUS20 KWNS 231835

SEL8

SPC WW 231835

ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-240100-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 558

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

135 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

  THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL

  800 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

DOTHAN ALABAMA TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MOULTRIE GEORGIA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THE WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS INLAND IN ADVANCE

OF A PRE-FRONTAL BAND OF STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EJECTING MIDLEVEL

TROUGH.  THOUGH LAPSE RATES ARE NOT PARTICULARLY STEEP...BOUNDARY

LAYER DEWPOINTS IN THE 68-70 F RANGE WILL SUPPORT SURFACE-BASED

BUOYANCY IN THE WARM SECTOR.  VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG

THE WARM FRONT...WHERE THE RISK FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL BE

FOCUSED.  OTHERWISE...AN ISOLATED TORNADO AND A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS

WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE BAND OF STORMS FARTHER TO THE S INTO THE

FL PANHANDLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...THOMPSON

