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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1045 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF EASTERN ALABAMA

       FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       MUCH OF GEORGIA

       PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 AM UNTIL

900 PM EST.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 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 110 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON

SOUTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 42...WW 43...WW 44...WW

45...



DISCUSSION...AIR MASS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DESTABILIZE ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA THRU THE AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF THE INTENSE UPPER TROUGH

AND MID/UPPER LEVEL JET.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING

E/NEWD AS AIR MASS DESTABILIZES WITH TORNADIC SUPERCELLS EXPECTED.

POTENTIAL FOR STRONG/VIOLENT TORNADOES DEVELOPING DURING THE

AFTERNOON.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23050.





...HALES

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