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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 32

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

825 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       NORTHERN FLORIDA AND MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 825 PM

UNTIL 400 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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WAYCROSS

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 30. WATCH NUMBER 30 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 825

PM EST. CONTINUE...WW 31...



DISCUSSION...SW-NE SQLN NOW EXTENDING FROM SW GA TO NEAR VPS

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE E AT ABOUT 40 KTS.  ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT MAY

OCCUR ON SWRN END AS ASSOCIATED E TX UPR TROUGH PIVOTS EWD ACROSS

REGION OF MODEST SFC-BASED INSTABILITY OVER FL PANHANDLE/N FL. LOW

LVL BUOYANCY LIKELY WILL REMAIN INCREASINGLY MARGINAL FOR SFC-BASED

SVR STORMS WITH ENE EXTENT ACROSS GA.  NEVERTHELESS...EXISTING WIND

FIELD /PER VWP DATA/ AND FCST STRENGTHENING OF LOW TO MID LVL WINDS

/PER GFS AND ECMWF/ SUGGEST AT LEAST A CONDITIONAL THREAT FOR

SPORADIC DMGG WIND/ISOLD TORNADOES FROM EMBEDDED SUSTAINED

STORMS/ROTATING CELLS/SMALL BOWS.



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 25040.





...CORFIDI

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