Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 85
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
120 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

FAR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
FLORIDA PANHANDLE
FAR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 120 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

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 50 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
DOTHAN ALABAMA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 82...WW 83...WW 84...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD GENERALLY EWD ACROSS
WW THROUGH THE NIGHT AS AIR MASS DESTABILIZES WITH INCREASING SLY
LOW LEVEL FLOW OFF OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. SHEAR WILL REMAIN MORE
THAN ADEQUATE FOR SUPERCELLS...WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES FOSTERING
LARGE HAIL POTENTIAL. ISOLATED TORNADO/WIND DAMAGE THREAT IS ALSO
POSSIBLE GIVEN VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND CONTINUED
MOISTENING/DESTABILIZATION OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER OVERNIGHT.

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.

...EVANS

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