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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 802

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

430 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA

       PORTIONS OF THE WRN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 430 AM UNTIL 900 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 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

MACON GEORGIA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA.  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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 800. WATCH NUMBER 800 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

430 AM EST. CONTINUE...WW 801...



DISCUSSION...STORMS CONTINUE TO SHIFT RAPIDLY EWD AT 55 TO 65 KT

FROM AL INTO GA. THE STORMS HAVE FORMED INTO SMALL LINES AND GIVEN

THE STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS AND RAPID MOTION OF STORMS...WIND

DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...VERY STRONG

DEEP/LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL SUPPORT ROTATING STORMS AND A POTENTIAL

FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES.



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 25055.





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