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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 913

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

605 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 605 PM

UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF VIDALIA

GEORGIA TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



DISCUSSION...FRONTAL AND PRE-FRONTAL STORMS AHEAD OF FAIRLY STRONG

SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIKELY WILL CONTINUE TO EXHIBIT OCCASIONAL

SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS GIVEN CONTINUED INFLOW OF WARM/MOIST AIR

BENEATH SLIGHT CAA AT MID LVLS.  POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SMALL

SCALE BOWING SEGMENTS WITH LOCALLY DMGG WIND...AND POSSIBLY ISOLD

TORNADOES...GIVEN OBSERVED AND FCST WIND PROFILES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.





...CORFIDI

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