

650 

WWUS20 KWNS 290656

SEL5

SPC WW 290656

ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-291500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 115

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

255 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

  FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  WESTERN AND NORTHERN GEORGIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 255 AM UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROME

GEORGIA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF MARIANNA FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 113...WW 114...



DISCUSSION...AN MCS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELL AND BOWING STRUCTURES

WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.

COMBINATION OF A MOIST...MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND STRONG

VERTICAL SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN ORGANIZED STORM MODES WITH A RISK FOR A

COUPLE OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...MEAD

