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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 103

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

630 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 630 AM UNTIL

200 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 145 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

TROY ALABAMA TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 101...WW 102...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHERN AL...FL PANHANDLE...AND SOUTHWEST GA

THROUGH THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.  MODERATE INSTABILITY AND

STRONG EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR /45-70 KT/ IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR

ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS.  GIVEN THIS ENVIRONMENT COMBINED WITH

SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL SHEAR...STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING

TORNADOES... DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...WITH ACTIVITY SPREADING ENEWD

ACROSS THE WATCH.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...PETERS/EVANS

