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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 931

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

735 PM EST FRI NOV 14 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN FLORIDA

       SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 735 PM

UNTIL 300 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 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

ALBANY GEORGIA TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA

FLORIDA.  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.



DISCUSSION...TSTMS HAVE INCREASED IN NUMBER/STRENGTH DURING THE PAST

90 MINS OVER THE NERN GULF OF MEX...AHEAD OF EJECTING/DEAMPLIFYING

UPR VORT.  DESPITE APPROACH OF THE VORT...LOW LVL WIND FIELDS ACROSS

WW AREA HAVE SHOWN SOME TEMPORAL VEERING IN THE PAST 2-3

HRS...LIKELY IN RESPONSE TO PASSAGE OF DOWNSTREAM UPR IMPULSE NOW IN

UPSTATE GA/SC.  NEVERTHELESS...GIVEN STRENGTH OF DEEP

SHEAR...PRESENCE OF APPRECIABLE SFC-BASED INSTABILITY...AND PRESENCE

OF EXISTING ORGANIZED STORMS IN THE GULF...IT APPEARS THAT SOME

THREAT WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLY ISOLD TORNADOES ACROSS

WW AS THE VORT CONTINUES ENE ACROSS REGION LATER THIS EVE.



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 23035.





...CORFIDI

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