
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 98
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
100 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN ALABAMA
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL
700 PM CDT.
HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 185
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DOTHAN ALABAMA TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 97...
DISCUSSION...A LARGE CLUSTER OF ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
EXPAND EWD ALONG AND N OF THE WARM FRONT FROM SRN AL INTO SW GA/FL
PANHANDLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A FEED OF RICH MOISTURE FROM THE
SW WILL HELP MAINTAIN STRONG/SEVERE STORMS N OF THE BOUNDARY...WHILE
EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELL
STRUCTURES WHICH WILL LOCALLY ENHANCE THE HAIL THREAT. THE TORNADO
THREAT IS NOT COMPLETELY NEGLIGIBLE NEAR THE FRONT ALONG THE
COAST...THOUGH IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW FAR INLAND THE BOUNDARY WILL
PROGRESS GIVEN WIDESPREAD CONVECTION...AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL
LIKELY WEAKEN LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27025.
...THOMPSON
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 98
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
100 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 98 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ALC003-013-023-025-031-035-039-041-045-053-061-067-069-097-099-
129-131-010000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0098.090331T1800Z-090401T0000Z/
AL
. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BALDWIN BUTLER CHOCTAW
CLARKE COFFEE CONECUH
COVINGTON CRENSHAW DALE
ESCAMBIA GENEVA HENRY
HOUSTON MOBILE MONROE
WASHINGTON WILCOX
FLC005-013-029-033-037-039-045-059-063-065-067-073-077-079-091-
113-123-129-131-133-010000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0098.090331T1800Z-090401T0000Z/
FL
. FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BAY CALHOUN DIXIE
ESCAMBIA FRANKLIN GADSDEN
GULF HOLMES JACKSON
JEFFERSON LAFAYETTE LEON
LIBERTY MADISON OKALOOSA
SANTA ROSA TAYLOR WAKULLA
WALTON WASHINGTON
GAC007-017-019-027-037-061-071-075-087-095-099-131-155-173-177-
185-201-205-239-243-253-273-275-277-287-321-010000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0098.090331T1800Z-090401T0000Z/
GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BAKER BEN HILL BERRIEN
BROOKS CALHOUN CLAY
COLQUITT COOK DECATUR
DOUGHERTY EARLY GRADY
IRWIN LANIER LEE
LOWNDES MILLER MITCHELL
QUITMAN RANDOLPH SEMINOLE
TERRELL THOMAS TIFT
TURNER WORTH
MSC039-041-045-047-059-111-131-153-010000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0098.090331T1800Z-090401T0000Z/
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
GEORGE GREENE HANCOCK
HARRISON JACKSON PERRY
STONE WAYNE
GMZ550-555-630-650-655-730-750-755-765-010000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0098.090331T1800Z-090401T0000Z/
CW
. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM
MOBILE BAY
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM
ATTN...WFO...MOB...TAE...LIX...