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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 949

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

645 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 645 AM UNTIL

200 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATHENS

GEORGIA TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 948. WATCH NUMBER 948 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

645 AM CST.



DISCUSSION...AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE NORTHWARD ACROSS

SRN-SERN AL...FL PANHANDLE THROUGH MUCH OF GA TODAY.  STRONG SHEAR

AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS ALONG AND AHEAD

OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NERN AL/NWRN GA AND ACROSS SRN AL/

WRN FL PANHANDLE.  POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE FOR TORNADOES WITH ANY

SUPERCELL.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...PETERS/HALES

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