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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1050 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PART OF  SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1050 PM

UNTIL 600 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 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON

GEORGIA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF CRESTVIEW 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...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING ALONG COLD FRONT FROM

ERN AL TO E OF MOB AS STRONG ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROUGH

APPROACHES.  ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS LIMITED...THE VERY STRONG SHEAR

PROFILES SUPPORTS EMBEDDED ROTATING UPDRAFTS/SUPERCELLS WITHIN THE

BAND OF INCREASING THUNDERSTORMS.  ALONG WITH WIND

DAMAGE...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL AS ACTIVITY

SHIFT EWD 20-25KT... WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS TRACK RAPIDLY NEWD.



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 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.





...HALES

