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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 866

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1000 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA

       SMALL PART OF SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA

       MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1000 AM UNTIL 700

PM EDT.



TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS

LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF

SPARTANBURG SOUTH CAROLINA TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 865. WATCH NUMBER 865 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

1000 AM EDT.



DISCUSSION...REMNANTS OF FAY OVER NRN AL WITH 40-50KT OF LOW LEVEL

SHEAR ACROSS THE WATCH. VERY MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS

IN ADVANCE OF BANDS OF STORMS WRN GA PROVIDING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS

FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS AND TORNADO POTENTIAL.  ACTIVITY WILL

DEVELOP N AND E DURING THE AFTERNOON AS AIR MASS CONTINUES TO

DESTABILIZE.



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

TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI

WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21030.





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