URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 100
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
525 PM EST SUN MAR 27 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN FLORIDA
WESTERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 525 PM
UNTIL 100 AM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF ROME GEORGIA TO 55
MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 97...WW 98...WW 99...
DISCUSSION...WITH POWERFUL UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED 100KT MID
LEVEL JET MAX MOVING ACROSS SERN U.S. OVERNIGHT...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF COLD FOTN NOW MOVING
INTO WRN AL. WITH STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND INFLUX OF VERY
MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE TO
BE A THREAT. ADDITIONALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY AS
SQUALL LINE DEVELOPS DURING EVENING.
