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ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-240500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 561

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

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 560...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND POSSIBLY

STRENGTH ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF SSW-NNE COLD FRONT ADVANCING EWD

FROM CNTRL MS/S CNTRL LA. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM IN

LOW-LVL CONFLUENCE AXIS AHEAD OF FRONT OVER SW/S CNTRL AL. LATEST

SFC DATA SHOW A SUB-SYNOPTIC LOW FORMING NEAR NEW ORLEANS ATTM. THE

LOW SHOULD DEEPEN AND MOVE NNE INTO AL...ENHANCING LOW-LVL

DIRECTIONAL SHEAR TO ITS N AND E. COUPLED WITH SEASONABLY RICH

MOISTURE AND 50-60 KT SWLY DEEP SHEAR...SETUP APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR

/1/ A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE SQLN POSING A THREAT FOR DMGG WIND AND

OCCASIONAL TORNADOES FROM EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS...AND /2/ A FEW MORE

DISCRETE SUPERCELLS E OF THE LINE WITH A RISK FOR A COUPLE

TORNADOES...LOCALLY DMGG WIND...AND MARGINALLY SVR HAIL.



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

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

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...CORFIDI

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870 

WWUS20 KWNS 232056

SEL1

SPC WW 232056

ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-240500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 561

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

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 560...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND POSSIBLY

STRENGTH ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF SSW-NNE COLD FRONT ADVANCING EWD

FROM CNTRL MS/S CNTRL LA. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM IN

LOW-LVL CONFLUENCE AXIS AHEAD OF FRONT OVER SW/S CNTRL AL. LATEST

SFC DATA SHOW A SUB-SYNOPTIC LOW FORMING NEAR NEW ORLEANS ATTM. THE

LOW SHOULD DEEPEN AND MOVE NNE INTO AL...ENHANCING LOW-LVL

DIRECTIONAL SHEAR TO ITS N AND E. COUPLED WITH SEASONABLY RICH

MOISTURE AND 50-60 KT SWLY DEEP SHEAR...SETUP APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR

/1/ A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE SQLN POSING A THREAT FOR DMGG WIND AND

OCCASIONAL TORNADOES FROM EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS...AND /2/ A FEW MORE

DISCRETE SUPERCELLS E OF THE LINE WITH A RISK FOR A COUPLE

TORNADOES...LOCALLY DMGG WIND...AND MARGINALLY SVR HAIL.



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

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

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...CORFIDI

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