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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 68

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

825 AM EDT THU MAR 26 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 825 AM UNTIL

200 PM EDT.



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 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST OF ATLANTA

GEORGIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.  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 67...



DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED BOW ECHOES AND SUPERCELLS

WILL CONTINUE EAST THROUGH SE AL...WRN AND CNTRL GA...AND THE FL

PANHANDLE NEXT FEW HOURS. INSTABILITY IS MARGINAL AHEAD OF THE

LINE...BUT MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR A THREAT OF ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND

AND PERHAPS ISOLATED TORNADOES GIVEN THE FAVORABLY SHEARED

ENVIRONMENT.



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 25035.





...DIAL/HALES

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