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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 31

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

900 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

  THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 900 AM UNTIL

  500 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 30...



DISCUSSION...NE-SW SQLN NOW OVER SRN AL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD IN

TANDEM WITH 40-50 KT SW LLJ. LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT ACROSS

WW AREA WILL BE WEAK TO NEUTRAL AS MAIN UPR IMPULSE CONTINUES NE

INTO THE LWR TN AND OH RVR VLYS. BUT WEAK DISTURBANCES IN SRN STREAM

FLOW...COUPLED WITH MODEST SFC HEATING AND FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL

LOW-LVL MOISTURE RETURN...SUGGEST A CONTINUED RISK FOR EMBEDDED

LEWPS/TRANSIENT SUPERCELLS IN THE SQLN EWD TOWARD DHN/TLH...WITH AN

ATTENDANT CONDITIONAL RISK FOR TORNADOES/LOCALLY DMGG WIND.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...CORFIDI

