Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 43
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
645 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009

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

SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
NORTHERN FLORIDA AND THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA
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SOUTHERN GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 645 PM
UNTIL 300 AM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA
CITY FLORIDA TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 42. WATCH NUMBER 42 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 645
PM EST.

DISCUSSION...BROKEN BAND OF SUSTAINED STORMS...INCLUDING A FEW
SUPERCELLS...EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS S GA AND NW FL THIS EVE.
THE BAND SHOULD DRIFT SLOWLY ESE WHILE STORMS MOVE MORE RAPIDLY E OR
ENE ALONG IT. FARTHER NW...ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY FORM ALONG NE/SW
COLD FRONT NOW MOVING INTO FAR WRN PART OF WW. POTENTIAL WILL EXIST
FOR ISOLD TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO SVR HAIL AND LOCALLY DMGG WIND
FROM STORMS WITH SMALL SCALE BOWING SEGMENTS.
DEEP TROPOSPHERIC FLOW SHOULD STRENGTHEN AND BACK LATER
TONIGHT/EARLY SUN AS AR UPR LOW CONTINUES SE INTO MS LATER TONIGHT.
THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME INCREASE IN STORM COVERAGE...AND POSSIBLY
STRENGTH...OVER MUCH OF WW AREA THROUGH 08Z SUN AND BEYOND,

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.

...CORFIDI

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