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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 48

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

805 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA

       FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       WESTERN AND NORTHERN GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 805 AM UNTIL

200 PM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF PANAMA CITY

FLORIDA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ATLANTA GEORGIA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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...WW 47...



DISCUSSION...BAND OF STG-SVR TSTMS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS IS

EXPECTED TO SHIFT EWD ACROSS WW AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

FOREGOING AIR MASS SHOULD DESTABILIZE FAVORABLY TO SUPPORT

ADDITIONAL WIND DAMAGE AND TORNADO POTENTIAL...AMIDST LARGE VALUES

OF BOTH LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





...EDWARDS/EVANS

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