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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 54
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
730 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 730 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA
CITY FLORIDA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOULTRIE GEORGIA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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...CONTINUE...WW 52...WW 53...

DISCUSSION...SRN AL/WRN FL PANHANDLE SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
STEADILY E AS ASSOCIATED STORMS MOVE MORE RAPIDLY NNE ALONG IT.
AMPLIFICATION OF LARGE SCALE TROUGH APPROACHING THE LWR MS VLY WILL
MAINTAIN MDT TO STRONG WIND FIELD ACROSS REGION...SUPPORTING
POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED EMBEDDED STORMS. WHILE SFC-BASED
INSTABILITY DECREASES WITH NRN AND ERN EXTENT INTO GA/ERN FL
PANHANDLE...GIVEN STRENGTH OF WIND FIELD AND LIKELIHOOD FOR AT LEAST
MODEST DESTABILIZATION NWD FROM THE GULF...EXPECT THAT ISOLATED
DAMAGING WIND/TORNADO THREAT WILL PERSIST ACROSS WW AREA THROUGH AT
LEAST LATE TONIGHT.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.

...CORFIDI
WWWW

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