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WWUS20 KWNS 271004

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SPC WW 271004

ALZ000-FLZ000-CWZ000-271500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 75

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

500 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       FAR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 500 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.



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 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOTHAN

ALABAMA TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA 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 74...



DISCUSSION...WELL ORGANIZED LINEAR MCS WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS WW

EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECEEDING THE LINE...STRONG PRESSURE FALLS OVER

SERN AL WILL INDUCE SELY WINDS ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE AND ALLOW

MOIST...GULF AIR TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION.  ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS

MAY ACCOMPANY BOWING SEGMENTS WITHIN THE LINE...WITH ADDITIONAL

HAZARD OF ISOLATED TORNADOES GIVEN THE PRONOUNCED LOW LEVEL SHEAR

AND PERSISTENT LOW LEVEL CIRCULATIONS ATTENDANT TO THE LINE.  EWD

EXTENT OF SEVERE THREAT IS DIFFICULT TO DISCERN BY MID MORNING WITH

COOLER/MORE STABLE AIR INTO THE FL BEND REGION/SWRN GA ATTM.

HOWEVER...WATCH MAY REQUIRE EWD EXTENSION AT A LATER TIME SHOULD

THIS AIR DESTABILIZE.



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 26035.





...EVANS

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