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WWUS20 KWNS 260556

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SPC WW 260556

FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-261400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 45

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1255 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       FAR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1255 AM UNTIL 900 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 45 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA

CITY FLORIDA TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CROSS 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.



DISCUSSION...THE REGION WILL BE INCREASINGLY INFLUENCED...AT LEAST

PERIPHERALLY...BY AN EASTWARD-SHIFTING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE

ARKLATEX/OZARKS REGION. WITH STRONG TSTMS ALREADY ONGOING OFF THE

COAST OF THE FL PANHANDLE...A MARITIME AIRMASS /65+ F SURFACE

DEWPOINTS/ WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE FL PANHANDLE THROUGH THE

EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY VIA A STRENGTHENING /50+ KT/ LOW

LEVEL JET. GIVEN VERY STRONG SHEAR/AMPLE LOW LEVEL SRH...POTENTIAL

WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS/EMBEDDED BOWS CAPABLE OF A FEW TORNADOES

AND WIND DAMAGE.



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 24045.





...GUYER



794 

WWUS20 KWNS 260556

SEL5

SPC WW 260556

FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-261400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 45

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1255 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       FAR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1255 AM UNTIL 900 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 45 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA

CITY FLORIDA TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CROSS 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.



DISCUSSION...THE REGION WILL BE INCREASINGLY INFLUENCED...AT LEAST

PERIPHERALLY...BY AN EASTWARD-SHIFTING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE

ARKLATEX/OZARKS REGION. WITH STRONG TSTMS ALREADY ONGOING OFF THE

COAST OF THE FL PANHANDLE...A MARITIME AIRMASS /65+ F SURFACE

DEWPOINTS/ WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE FL PANHANDLE THROUGH THE

EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY VIA A STRENGTHENING /50+ KT/ LOW

LEVEL JET. GIVEN VERY STRONG SHEAR/AMPLE LOW LEVEL SRH...POTENTIAL

WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS/EMBEDDED BOWS CAPABLE OF A FEW TORNADOES

AND WIND DAMAGE.



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 24045.





...GUYER

