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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 43

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

645 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       NORTHERN FLORIDA AND THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA

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       SOUTHERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 645 PM

UNTIL 300 AM EST.



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 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA

CITY FLORIDA TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.

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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 42. WATCH NUMBER 42 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 645

PM EST.



DISCUSSION...BROKEN BAND OF SUSTAINED STORMS...INCLUDING A FEW

SUPERCELLS...EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS S GA AND NW FL THIS EVE.

THE BAND SHOULD DRIFT SLOWLY ESE WHILE STORMS MOVE MORE RAPIDLY E OR

ENE ALONG IT.  FARTHER NW...ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY FORM ALONG NE/SW

COLD FRONT NOW MOVING INTO FAR WRN PART OF WW.  POTENTIAL WILL EXIST

FOR ISOLD TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO SVR HAIL AND LOCALLY DMGG WIND

FROM STORMS WITH SMALL SCALE BOWING SEGMENTS.

DEEP TROPOSPHERIC FLOW SHOULD STRENGTHEN AND BACK LATER

TONIGHT/EARLY SUN AS AR UPR LOW CONTINUES SE INTO MS LATER TONIGHT.

THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME INCREASE IN STORM COVERAGE...AND POSSIBLY

STRENGTH...OVER MUCH OF WW AREA THROUGH 08Z SUN AND BEYOND,



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...CORFIDI

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