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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

335 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA

       PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL

1100 PM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

ATHENS GEORGIA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA.  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 23...WW 24...



DISCUSSION...STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EWD ACROSS AL INTO WRN GA IN

CONCERT WITH THE DESTABILIZATION THAT IS OCCURRING.  WITH VERY

STRONG SHEAR PROFILES IN PLACE...SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST

ANYWHERE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THRU THE EVENING...DEVELOPING FROM W

TO E. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES WILL BE

POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26045.





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