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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 788

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1035 AM EST WED DEC 2 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       LARGE PART OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1035 AM UNTIL

500 PM EST.



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 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

CROSS CITY FLORIDA TO 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF VIDALIA 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 787. WATCH NUMBER 787 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

1035 AM EST.



DISCUSSION...STRONG UPPER LOW AND JET ROTATING EWD ACROSS GULF

STATES WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A VERY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR

SUPERCELLS ACROSS WATCH AREA AS WARM FRONT MOVES INLAND FROM THE

GULF.  WITH STRONG VEERING SHEAR PROFILES AND MLCAPES APPROACHING

1000 J/KG IN WARM SECTOR AS IT MOVES INLAND...TORNADOS WILL BE

POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL THAT DEVELOPS. AT 15Z A MESO-LOW IS

MOVING NNEWD INTO SWRN GA AND WILL ENHANCE LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND

TORNADO POTENTIAL THIS AREA.



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 23045.





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