Tornados warnings and severe rain. Fla panhandle

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Our weather guys must be sleeping in.

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...Appalachians/Eastern States... On the eastern periphery of a longwave trough centered near the Mississippi River, several embedded mid-level disturbances/speed maxima will generally spread northeastward near/east of the Appalachians through tonight. Beneath a belt of relatively strong mid-level south-southwesterly winds (40-60 kt at 500 mb), moist and generally confluent low-level flow will exist across a sizable north/south portion of the region from the southern Appalachians to New York/New England. It still appears that the most favorable combination of diurnal destabilization (albeit modest in most areas) and deep-layer/low-level shear will reside across the north-central Appalachians vicinity from the Shenandoahs to the Catskills/Poconos. A lead/weak impulse could support an intensification of storms by afternoon from southern New York into southern New England. Otherwise, the most probable scenario will be storms to initially increase/intensify generally near the spine of the Appalachians this afternoon. This could include some both organized linear segments and supercells, although a couple of transient HP supercells could occur as far south as the western/piedmont areas of the Carolinas and Georgia this afternoon and evening. Overall, isolated damaging wind gusts will be the most probable hazard with the more vigorous/organized storms, but a brief tornado or two could occur as well along with an instance or two of marginally severe hail (mainly with any storms exhibiting supercell characteristics).

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