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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 545

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

425 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA

  SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 425 AM UNTIL NOON EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ALBANY

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 543...WW 544...



DISCUSSION...DAMAGING-WIND POTENTIAL AND CONDITIONAL TORNADO THREAT

WILL REMAIN THROUGH MORNING FROM ONGOING QLCS...AS WELL AS FROM ANY

RELATIVELY DISCRETE/SUSTAINED CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN PRE-QLCS WARM

SECTOR.  THIS RISK IS STARTING TO SHIFT/SPREAD E OF WW 543 INTO

ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY 500-1500 J/KG MLCAPE...RICH

BOUNDARY-LAYER MOISTURE....LOW LCL...35-40-KT EFFECTIVE-SHEAR

MAGNITUDE AND LARGE HODOGRAPHS...WITH 0-3 KM SRH AROUND 300 J/KG IN

TLH VWP.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...EDWARDS

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997 

WWUS20 KWNS 140828

SEL5

SPC WW 140828

ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-141600-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 545

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

425 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA

  SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 425 AM UNTIL NOON EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ALBANY

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 543...WW 544...



DISCUSSION...DAMAGING-WIND POTENTIAL AND CONDITIONAL TORNADO THREAT

WILL REMAIN THROUGH MORNING FROM ONGOING QLCS...AS WELL AS FROM ANY

RELATIVELY DISCRETE/SUSTAINED CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN PRE-QLCS WARM

SECTOR.  THIS RISK IS STARTING TO SHIFT/SPREAD E OF WW 543 INTO

ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY 500-1500 J/KG MLCAPE...RICH

BOUNDARY-LAYER MOISTURE....LOW LCL...35-40-KT EFFECTIVE-SHEAR

MAGNITUDE AND LARGE HODOGRAPHS...WITH 0-3 KM SRH AROUND 300 J/KG IN

TLH VWP.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...EDWARDS

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