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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 144

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1145 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       PART OF FLORIDA PAN HANDLE

       LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM

UNTIL 600 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

MARIANNA FLORIDA TO 65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF VIDALIA GEORGIA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 142. WATCH NUMBER 142 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

1145 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 143...



DISCUSSION...WHILE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED FROM EARLIER THIS

EVENING...THE SHEAR REMAINS VERY STRONG ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  WITH

A VERY MOIST AND MODESTLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS...POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR

DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELLS AND AT LEAST AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT AS

STORMS CONTINUE EWD FROM SERN AL/FL PANHANDLE INTO SRN GA WITH

APPROACH OF THE STRONG UPPER JET AND S/W  TROUGH.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





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