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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 305

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

550 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       MUCH OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       PARTS OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 550 AM UNTIL 100

PM 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 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

DOTHAN ALABAMA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.  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 304...



DISCUSSION...WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE AND STRONG SHEAR

PROFILES...ONGOING SEVERE STORMS TO THE N WILL GRADUALLY WORK SWD

INTO WATCH.  SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE INCLUDING TORNADO

POTENTIAL.



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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.





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