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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 31

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

435 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 435 PM UNTIL

1100 PM 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 70 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF PANAMA

CITY FLORIDA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.  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 30...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS OVER LA/MS WILL TRACK

EASTWARD THIS EVENING...WHILE DEEPENING SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS

NORTHEASTWARD INTO CENTRAL AL.  VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR

PROFILES ARE IN PLACE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...BUT RICH GULF MOISTURE

HAS YET TO MOVE INLAND OVER AL.  THIS SHOULD CHANGE THROUGH THE

EVENING AS SURFACE WINDS BECOME SOUTHERLY IN WARM SECTOR.

SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE

THROUGH AT LEAST 05Z.



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 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...HART

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