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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 11

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       MUCH OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       A LARGE PART OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA

       A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 520 PM

UNTIL 100 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 100 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PANAMA

CITY FLORIDA TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA.

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 10. WATCH NUMBER 10 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 520

PM EST.



DISCUSSION...STRONG WIND PROFILES AHEAD OF VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH AND

DEEPENING SURFACE LOW ARE FAVORABLE FOR INCREASING THREAT OF

TORNADIC SUPERCELLS IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  IN

ADDITION THE SQUALL LINE FROM NRN GA SWWD TO WRN FL PANHANDLE WILL

CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH ISOLATED

TORNADOES AS IT CONTINUES EWD THRU THE EVENING.



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 23040.





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