WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 101

WWUS20 KWNS 250347
SEL1
SPC WW 250347
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-251100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 101
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA
THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE
WESTERN GEORGIA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1045 PM
UNTIL 600 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF MACON
GEORGIA TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 98...WW 99...WW 100...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE FORMING ALONG SSW-NNE LOW LVL CONFLUENCE ZONE
ACROSS THE WRN FL PANHANDLE AND SE AL. THIS MAY REFLECT INCREASING
CONVERGENCE ALONG THE ZONE IN RESPONSE TO EWD SPREAD OF PRESSURE
FALLS ACROSS THE OH VLY WITH DEEPENING UPR TROUGH /REF MCD 385/.
STRENGTH OF LOW LVL SPEED/DIRECTIONAL SHEAR AND QUALITY OF MOISTURE
INFLOW SUGGEST A CONDITIONAL THREAT FOR TORNADOES WITH ANY UPDRAFTS
ABLE TO BECOME SUSTAINED AND ASSUME SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.

...CORFIDI

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