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SPC Tornado Watch 42

WW 42 TORNADO AL FL GA CW 120405Z – 121100Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 42...CORRECTED
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1110 PM EST Fri Mar 11 2022

CORRECTED FOR TIME

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Southeast Alabama
  Florida Panhandle
  Southwest Georgia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 1110 PM
  until 600 AM EST.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible

SUMMARY...A fast-moving linear cluster should develop from southwest
Alabama and spread into southern Georgia, while semi-discrete
supercells may emanate out of the northeast Gulf across the Florida
Panhandle.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles
north and south of a line from 5 miles west northwest of Pensacola
FL to 45 miles east northeast of Valdosta GA. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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.

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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean
storm motion vector 25045.

...Grams


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