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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

240 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN FLORIDA

       SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

       SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 240 AM UNTIL 1000 AM 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 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

GAINESVILLE FLORIDA TO 100 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SAVANNAH

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 43...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF

SOUTHERN GA AND NORTHERN FL...AHEAD OF POTENT UPPER TROUGH.

INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE ARE MARGINAL AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...BUT

INCREASING LARGE SCALE FORCING AND FAVORABLE WIND FIELDS WILL

MAINTAIN A RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THE MORNING.

CELLULAR ACTIVITY WILL POSE A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.  LATER

THIS MORNING...A MORE ORGANIZED LINE OF STORMS MAY PUSH ACROSS THE

NORTHERN FL PENINSULA WITH A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.



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.





...HART

