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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 47

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

940 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       LARGE PART OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 940 AM UNTIL

500 PM EST.



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 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA

CITY FLORIDA TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MOULTRIE GEORGIA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 46...



DISCUSSION...STRONG QLCS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS MOVING EWD ACROSS

SRN AL INTO FL PANHANDLE.  WITH VERY STRONG VEERING SHEAR PROFILES

AND SUFFICIENT MOIST GULF INFLOW...THREAT FOR BOTH DAMAGING WINDS

AND TORNADOES EXPECTED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE QLCS AS IT

CONTINUES EWD THRU THE WATCH AREA.



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 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.





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