WW 85 TORNADO FL GA CW 311035Z – 311800Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 85 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 635 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Eastern Florida Panhandle, Florida Big Bend area and northwestern Florida Southern Georgia Coastal Waters * Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 635 AM until 200 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible SUMMARY...A band of strong-severe thunderstorms, with occasional, embedded supercells, bows and mesovortices, will continue to pose a threat of tornadoes and damaging winds this morning. Activity should move into a destabilizing air mass later this morning across southern Georgia and the coastal bend. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north of Apalachicola FL to 80 miles northeast of Valdosta GA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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...This tornado watch replaces tornado watch number 84. Watch number 84 will not be in effect after 635 AM EDT. AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 24035. ...Edwards
