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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 142

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

435 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 435 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MACON

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 141...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AL WILL

CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL GA THIS AFTERNOON AND

EVENING...ALONG AND NORTH OF RETREATING WARM FRONT.  OTHER ISOLATED

CELLS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER OVER

SOUTHERN GA.  VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN

CONSIDERABLY THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH PARAMETERS BECOMING

FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND BOWS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND

TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...HART

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