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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

655 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 655 PM UNTIL

100 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 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE

FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 63...WW 64...



DISCUSSION...LONG TRACK SUPERCELL IS CONTINUING TO MOVE ENEWD ACROSS

CENTRAL GA...WHILE BOW ECHO SYSTEM IS MOVING RAPID ENEWD AT 50 KT

TOWARD CENTRAL GA.  FARTHER SOUTH...INTENSIFYING STORMS ARE NOTED

OFF THE NWRN FL COAST MOVING NEWD 35-40 KT.  SEVERE THREAT IS

EXPECTED TO SPREAD EWD AND NEWD THIS EVENING WITHIN ENVIRONMENT

WHERE STRONG WINDS VEER AND INCREASE WITH HEIGHT...PROVIDING

FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR TO SUPPORT CONTINUED SUPERCELLS AND BOW

ECHOES.  STRONGER CELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS

GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.



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 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...WEISS

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