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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 865

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

140 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       WESTERN GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 140 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON 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.



DISCUSSION...SCTD SUSTAINED STORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO

DEVELOP/PERSIST ALONG NNE/SSW CONFLUENCE ZONE IN SE AL/WRN FL

ASSOCIATED WITH HYBRID TROPICAL CIRCULATION OF T.D. FAY.  WEAK LOBE

OF ASCENT ROTATING AROUND SRN SIDE OF CIRCULATION AND CONTINUED

PRESENCE OF VERY RICH LOW LVL MOISTURE SUGGEST POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLD

TORNADOES DESPITE TIME OF DAY.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.





...CORFIDI

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