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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 52

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1235 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL

800 PM CST.



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 95 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF PINE BELT

MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MARIANNA 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 51...



DISCUSSION...LARGE/WELL-ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE SYSTEM CONTINUES MOVING

ACROSS MS AND LA ATTM...WITH ISOLATED CELL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUING

AHEAD OF THE MAIN CONVECTIVE LINE.  AIRMASS CONTINUES TO SLOWLY

MOISTEN/DESTABILIZE...AND THUS EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE MOVING EWD

ACROSS THIS REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINAL HAIL...POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED

TORNADOES WILL ALSO EXIST -- PARTICULARLY WITH STORMS DEVELOPING

AHEAD OF THE LINEAR SYSTEM.



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 28035.





...GOSS

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