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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 23

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

550 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND NORTH FLORIDA

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA

       PIEDMONT SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 550

PM UNTIL 100 AM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 75 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 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

TALLAHASSEE 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 21...WW 22...



DISCUSSION...PRE-FRONTAL...GA/CNTRL FL PANHANDLE SQLN EXPECTED TO

FURTHER CONSOLIDATE AND ACCELERATE ENE ACROSS PARTS OF THE SE U.S.

CSTL PLNS THROUGH LATE TNGT. THIS ACCELERATION/CONSOLIDATION IS

EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN RESPONSE TO THE NE EJECTION OF SHORTWAVE TROUGH

NOW OVER MS/W TN...PER WV IMAGERY...AND MAY BE REFLECTED IN RECENT

DEEPENING/STRENGTHENING OF SFC-BASED WLY FLOW ON EGLIN AFB PROFILER

/WRN FL PANHANDLE/. STRENGTH OF WIND FIELD AND PRESENCE OF

SUFFICIENT MOISTURE/BUOYANCY FOR SUSTAINED STORMS SUGGEST POTENTIAL

FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS/LEWPS...WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR

TORNADOES/DMGG WIND.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22055.





...CORFIDI

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