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WWUS20 KWNS 140022

SEL2

SPC WW 140022

ALZ000-FLZ000-CWZ000-140800-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 542

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

720 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 720 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA

FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 537...WW 538...WW

539...WW 540...WW 541...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE GRADUALLY INTENSIFYING THIS EVENING

OVER SWRN AL AHEAD OF A SQUALL LINE ADVANCING EWD THROUGH SERN MS.

THE LOCAL AIR MASS IS QUITE MOIST AND MODERATELY SHEARED. AS

LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT SPREADS ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA...EXPECT FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OF STORMS WITH A RISK FOR

EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF A COUPLE TORNADOES. DAMAGING WINDS

WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THE SQUALL LINE MOVING INTO THE REGION

FROM THE WEST.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.





...MEAD

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945 

WWUS20 KWNS 140022

SEL2

SPC WW 140022

ALZ000-FLZ000-CWZ000-140800-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 542

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

720 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 720 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA

FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 537...WW 538...WW

539...WW 540...WW 541...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE GRADUALLY INTENSIFYING THIS EVENING

OVER SWRN AL AHEAD OF A SQUALL LINE ADVANCING EWD THROUGH SERN MS.

THE LOCAL AIR MASS IS QUITE MOIST AND MODERATELY SHEARED. AS

LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT SPREADS ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA...EXPECT FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OF STORMS WITH A RISK FOR

EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF A COUPLE TORNADOES. DAMAGING WINDS

WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THE SQUALL LINE MOVING INTO THE REGION

FROM THE WEST.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.





...MEAD

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