

742 

WWUS20 KWNS 111604 CCA

SEL3

SPC WW 111604 CCA

ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-112200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 3...CORRECTED

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1125 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014



CORRECTED FOR TIME ZONE



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

  THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1125 AM

  UNTIL 500 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF ALBANY GEORGIA TO 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 1...WW 2...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY ALONG A BAND

FROM THE WRN FL PANHANDLE INTO SW GA...WHILE OTHER CELLS WILL LIKELY

FORM AHEAD OF THE LINE.  THE ENVIRONMENT IS SUPPORTIVE OF SOME

SUPERCELL RISK NOW...BUT LOW-LEVEL WINDS SHOULD VEER IN THE NEXT FEW

HOURS AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL WEAKEN WITH TIME.  THUS... DAMAGING

GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE RISK.



AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...THOMPSON

