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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 368

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1145 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1145 AM UNTIL 700

PM CDT.



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 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PANAMA

CITY FLORIDA TO 15 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS 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...LOW TO MID-TROPOSPHERIC WIND FIELD WILL STRENGTHEN

TODAY AHEAD OF MIGRATORY UPPER LOW WITH SUFFICIENT LOW- AND

DEEP-LAYER SHEAR DEVELOPING TO SUPPORT SUSTAINED SUPERCELL

STRUCTURES DOWNSTREAM FROM A LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WHICH IS

FORECAST TO MOVE FROM W-E ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  GIVEN THE VERY

MOIST...MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS PRESENT...SETUP WILL SUPPORT

LOW-LEVEL STORM ROTATION WITH AN ASSOCIATED RISK FOR TORNADOES AND

DAMAGING WINDS.



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 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20025.





...MEAD

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