

873 

WWUS20 KWNS 140343

SEL3

SPC WW 140343

ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-TNZ000-141100-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 543

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1145 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

  FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  WESTERN GEORGIA

  SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM

  UNTIL 700 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 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PANAMA CITY

FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 540...WW 541...WW 542...



DISCUSSION...A PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTIVE BAND IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS

EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY AHEAD OF A

POTENT VORTICITY MAXIMUM EJECTING NEWD THROUGH THE LOWER MS VALLEY.

THE COMBINATION OF A MOIST...MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND A

STRONGLY SHEARED KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF

EMBEDDED BOWING AND SUPERCELL STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF DAMAGING

STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.



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 21030.





...MEAD



488 

WWUS20 KWNS 140343

SEL3

SPC WW 140343

ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-TNZ000-141100-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 543

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1145 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

  FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  WESTERN GEORGIA

  SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM

  UNTIL 700 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 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PANAMA CITY

FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 540...WW 541...WW 542...



DISCUSSION...A PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTIVE BAND IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS

EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY AHEAD OF A

POTENT VORTICITY MAXIMUM EJECTING NEWD THROUGH THE LOWER MS VALLEY.

THE COMBINATION OF A MOIST...MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND A

STRONGLY SHEARED KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF

EMBEDDED BOWING AND SUPERCELL STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF DAMAGING

STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.



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 21030.





...MEAD

