This watch does not include the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area:
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 62
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
530 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 530 AM UNTIL 100
PM CST.
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 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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 61…
DISCUSSION…AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOISTEN THIS MORNING AIDING
IN SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION TO MAINTAIN EASTWARD MOVING SQUALL
LINE INTO SOUTHEASTERN MS…SOUTHWESTERN AL AND THE WRN FL
PANHANDLE. INCREASING SLY LOW LEVEL WINDS COMBINED WITH STRONG FLOW
ALOFT WILL SUPPORT DEEP LAYER AND LOW LEVEL SHEAR FAVORABLE FOR
ROTATING UPDRAFTS AND AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AND
DAMAGING WIND.
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 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23050.
It does include such counties as:
Sumpter
Greene
Hale
Marengo
Perry
Dallas
Autauga
Lowdnes
…and counties southward to the Alabama Coast.
The line of thunderstorms triggering this watch was still over in Central Mississippi at 5:30 am
