TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 755
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1025 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1025 AM UNTIL 700
PM CDT.
TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 120 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
LAUREL MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ALBANY GEORGIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 754. WATCH NUMBER 754 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
1025 AM CDT.
DISCUSSION...HURRICANE KATRINA IS MOVING INLAND OVER THE MS COAST
AND WILL CONTINUE NWD INTO CENTRAL MS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING.
STRONG WIND FIELDS/SHEAR ARE PRESENT OVER A LARGE AREA N AND E OF
THE STORM CORE...WHILE THE STRONGER LOW-LEVEL INSTABILITY EXISTS
ALONG THE ERN FRINGE OF THE THICKER CLOUDS ACROSS ERN AL/WRN GA.
THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WITH MULTIPLE BANDS E/NE OF THE CENTER WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY EXPAND NWD INTO CENTRAL
AL AND EWD INTO WRN GA.
THE FORECAST MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS AND MEAN CELL MOTION APPLY TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OUTSIDE THE HURRICANE EYEWALL.
