2 Tornado Watches (#966 & #965)
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 4:30 am
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 966
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
420 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH FLORIDA
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GEORGIA
SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 420 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA TO 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE FLORIDA.
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 964. WATCH NUMBER 964 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 420
AM EST. CONTINUE...WW 965...
DISCUSSION...CONVERGENCE ALONG CNTRL GA CONVECTIVE BAND HAS
INCREASED IN PAST COUPLE OF HOURS AS WLY FLOW IN WAKE OF BAND HAS
STRENGTHENED/DEEPENED. STRONG PRESSURE FALLS AHEAD OF LINE AND
SATELLITE DATA SUGGEST THAT ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG NRN MS
UPPER VORT IS BEGINNING TO AFFECT REGION. COUPLED WITH STRENGTH OF
DEEP SHEAR /AOA 50 KT/...SETUP APPEARS SUPPORTIVE OF A FEW
SUPERCELLS WITH HIGH WIND AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG
CONVECTIVE LINE.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...CORFIDI
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 965
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
220 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND EASTERN GEORGIA
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 220 AM UNTIL 800 AM EST.
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 ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS GEORGIA TO 20 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA.
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 964...
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG NNE/SSW ORIENTED
CONFLUENCE AXIS IN WRN/NRN GA EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY LATER THIS
MORNING AS UPPER TROUGH NOW OVER NW MS ACCELERATES ENEWD.
COMBINATION OF INCREASING LARGE SCALE SUPPORT WITH CONTINUED
MOIST/CONFLUENT UPSLOPE FLOW SUGGESTS POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES GIVEN 50+ KT DEEP SHEAR.
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 23035.
...CORFIDI
