

492 

WWUS20 KWNS 252202

SEL4

SPC WW 252202

ALZ000-FLZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-260400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

355 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

       FAR WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GULFPORT

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 41...WW 42...WW 43...



DISCUSSION...DIFFUSE WNW-ESE WARM FRONT OVER SRN LA AND THE N CNTRL

GULF EXPECTED TO CONTINUE REFORMING NWD AS MEAN SSWLY FLOW

STRENGTHENS ACROSS REGION DOWNSTREAM FROM PROGRESSIVE N TX UPR LOW.

ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE/WARMING BENEATH

INCREASING UPR DIVERGENCE SUGGESTS LIKELIHOOD THAT EXISTING

SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS NOW UPSTREAM FROM WW AREA WILL REMAIN

STRONG AS THEY MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY NE THROUGH LATE TNGT. THE

TORNADO THREAT MAY INCREASE LATER TNGT INVOF WARM FRONT OVER SRN

MS...SRN AL...AND THE FL PANHANDLE...DESPITE TIME OF DAY...AS MID

LVL FLOW VEERS AND STRENGTHENS IN RESPONSE TO THE CONTINUED ENE

MOTION OF UPR LOW.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.





...CORFIDI



185 

WWUS20 KWNS 252202

SEL4

SPC WW 252202

ALZ000-FLZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-260400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

355 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

       FAR WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GULFPORT

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 41...WW 42...WW 43...



DISCUSSION...DIFFUSE WNW-ESE WARM FRONT OVER SRN LA AND THE N CNTRL

GULF EXPECTED TO CONTINUE REFORMING NWD AS MEAN SSWLY FLOW

STRENGTHENS ACROSS REGION DOWNSTREAM FROM PROGRESSIVE N TX UPR LOW.

ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE/WARMING BENEATH

INCREASING UPR DIVERGENCE SUGGESTS LIKELIHOOD THAT EXISTING

SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS NOW UPSTREAM FROM WW AREA WILL REMAIN

STRONG AS THEY MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY NE THROUGH LATE TNGT. THE

TORNADO THREAT MAY INCREASE LATER TNGT INVOF WARM FRONT OVER SRN

MS...SRN AL...AND THE FL PANHANDLE...DESPITE TIME OF DAY...AS MID

LVL FLOW VEERS AND STRENGTHENS IN RESPONSE TO THE CONTINUED ENE

MOTION OF UPR LOW.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.





...CORFIDI

