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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 21

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

125 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 125 AM UNTIL 700 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 55 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA

CITY FLORIDA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 20...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF TSTMS/SUPERCELLS ALONG SE AL/WRN FL PANHANDLE

COLD FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE EWD INTO REMAINING POCKET OF FAIRLY RICH

GULF AIR /DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S/.  COUPLED WITH EXISTING MODERATE

TO STRONG LOW TO MIDLEVEL SHEAR AND...POSSIBLY...SOME LARGE SCALE

ASCENT PROVIDED BY TROUGH AXIS NOW ENTERING ERN MS...SETUP MAY

SUPPORT ISOLD TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO BOWING SEGMENTS WITH HIGH

WIND.



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 24035.





...CORFIDI

