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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 858

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

525 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHEAST FLORIDA INCLUDING PART OF THE PANHANDLE

       SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 525 PM UNTIL

1100 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

CROSS CITY FLORIDA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ALBANY 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.



DISCUSSION...HEATING HAS BOOSTED INSTABILITY AND RESULTANT UPDRAFT

STRENGTH OF THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH FAY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

GIVEN THIS...CONDITIONS REMAIN QUITE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW TORNADOES

THROUGH THE EVENING AS FAY SHIFTS SLOWLY NNEWD.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 18035.





...EVANS

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