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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 192

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL

600 PM CDT.



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 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY

FLORIDA.  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 191...



DISCUSSION...MODERATE TO STRONG DEEP SWLY SHEAR WILL PERSIST ABOVE

SLOWLY-MOVING SQLN.  AREA RADARS AND SFC DATA SHOW WEAK LARGE SCALE

CIRCULATION IN LINE BREAK NOW NEAR TOI.  THIS MAY ENHANCE CHANCE FOR

ISOLATED TORNADOES AS BOUNDARY LAYER SLOWLY WARMS/MOISTENS AHEAD OF

LINE.



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 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.





...CORFIDI

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