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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

250 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN FLORIDA

       SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL

1100 PM EST.



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 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSS CITY FLORIDA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 4...WW 5...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD NEWD ACROSS

PARTS OF SRN GA AND NRN FL THROUGH THIS EVENING AS 70 KT MID LEVEL

JET AND EJECTING SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. MOIST AND

UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL FUEL STRONG UPDRAFTS WHILE LOW LEVEL SHEAR

AND HELICITY SUPPORT CELL ROTATION AND PERSISTENCE. BOWING LINE

SEGMENTS AND ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WILL POSE A THREAT OF DAMAGING

WINDS AND TORNADOES.



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 22035.





...CARBIN/IMY

