SPC Mesoscale Discussion: Tornado Watch 86…
SUMMARY…Risk for isolated severe storms and a tornado or two continues.
DISCUSSION…Latest radar loop shows a complex/near-continuous band of thunderstorms extending from northwest Georgia south-southwestward to western portions of the Florida Panhandle. Ahead of the convection — and associated surface front — resides a moist boundary layer, with a narrow axis of ample instability over the Florida Panhandle and nosing into western Georgia. Area VWPs continue to reveal strong/favorable shear, with flow veering/increasing with height to in excess of 60 kt through the lower half of the troposphere. As such, organized convection — noted within the line where complex/rotating segments continue to evolve — will likely persist. Along with risk for locally damaging gusts, a tornado or two remain possible as well. The greatest short-term threat appears to exist in east-central and southeast Alabama, in the Lee/Macon/Russell/Bullock county area where areas of transient rotation remain evident within the complex line.
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