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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 698

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

925 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 925 PM

UNTIL 400 AM CST.



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 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY

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 696...



DISCUSSION...A LINE OF INTENSE STORMS...INCLUDING EMBEDDED

SUPERCELLS...IS TRACKING EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AL.  THESE STORMS

WILL REMAIN IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF STRONG LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR AND

SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY TO POSE A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED

TORNADOES FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AS THEY TRACK INTO WESTERN GA.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





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