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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 597

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

715 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       WESTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA

       SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 715 AM UNTIL

400 PM CDT.



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

LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 10 MILES NORTH OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.  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 596...



DISCUSSION...TORNADO POTENTIAL EXPECTED TO EXPAND/SHIFT FARTHER

INLAND TODAY IN STEP WITH TRANSLATION OF MOST FAVORABLE

SHEAR/BUOYANCY SECTOR OF TS ISAAC.



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

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

WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 17035.





...EDWARDS/THOMPSON

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