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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 95

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

320 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 320 AM UNTIL NOON CST.



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 110 STATUTE

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

DOTHAN ALABAMA TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 93. WATCH NUMBER 93 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 320

AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 94...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN SQLN ALONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH EJECTING

AR UPR LOW/TROUGH EXPECTED TO CONTINUE STEADILY EWD...WHILE EMBEDDED

STORMS MOVE RAPIDLY NNE WITHIN IT.  LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN HAS

INCREASED APPRECIABLY IN THE LAST FEW HOURS ALONG THE ERN GULF CST.

SFC OBSERVATIONS/VWP DATA SUGGEST THAT MOISTURE SHOULD CONTINUE TO

SPREAD N INTO SE AL AND SW GA AHEAD OF SQLN LATER THIS MORNING...TO

A DEGREE SUPPORTIVE OF SUSTAINED STORMS.  OTHER STORMS MAY FORM IN

CONFLUENCE LINE AHEAD OF SQLN...OVER CNTRL PARTS OF THE FL PANHANDLE

INTO SE AL.  STRENGTH OF WIND FIELD AND SLIGHTLY BACKED NEAR-SFC

FLOW SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO

NARROW SWATHS OF DMGG WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL.



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 21045.





...CORFIDI

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