User blog:SPCBlackfordCounty995Main/THERE WAS A TORNADO WATCH YESTERDAY?!?!

There wasn't even a Slight Risk...only a marginal risk and a 2% chance of tornadoes...not even the requirments for a TOA...but NOPE! the Storm Prediction Center one anyway! URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 6 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK   1235 AM EST Sat Jan 7 2017 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a   * Tornado Watch for portions of       Northwest Florida Coastal Waters * Effective this Saturday morning from 1235 AM until 500 AM EST. * Primary threats include... A couple tornadoes possible Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible SUMMARY...A cluster of storms over the northeast Gulf of Mexico should spread inland across parts of northwest Florida early this morning, with the risk of a brief tornado or two and locally damaging winds. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 30 statute miles either side of a line from 50 miles northwest of Cross City FL to   105 miles south southeast of Cross City FL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS   WOU6). 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. &&   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 24030. ...Grams