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SEL3
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 723
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
155 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southeastern Alabama
Florida Panhandle to Big Bend
Georgia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Sunday morning from 155 AM until 900 AM EST.
* Primary threats include...
A few tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...A line of strong-severe thunderstorms will continue to
move through an environment characterized by modest instability but
favorable shear, and may produce occasional embedded tornadoes
and/or damaging nontornadic winds.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles
east and west of a line from 15 miles southwest of Apalachicola FL
to 40 miles northeast of Atlanta GA. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 721...WW 722...
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 24030.
...Edwards
SEL3
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 723
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
155 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southeastern Alabama
Florida Panhandle to Big Bend
Georgia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Sunday morning from 155 AM until 900 AM EST.
* Primary threats include...
A few tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...A line of strong-severe thunderstorms will continue to
move through an environment characterized by modest instability but
favorable shear, and may produce occasional embedded tornadoes
and/or damaging nontornadic winds.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles
east and west of a line from 15 miles southwest of Apalachicola FL
to 40 miles northeast of Atlanta GA. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 721...WW 722...
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 24030.
...Edwards
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW3
WW 723 TORNADO AL FL GA CW 290655Z - 291400Z
AXIS..90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
15SW AAF/APALACHICOLA FL/ - 40NE ATL/ATLANTA GA/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 80NM E/W /73SW TLH - 35NE ATL/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
LAT...LON 29578670 34038551 34038236 29578371
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU3.
Watch 723 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
Low (20%)
Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
Mod (40%)
Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
Low (20%)
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
Low (10%)
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
Low (<5%)
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
Mod (60%)
For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.
