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Mesoscale Discussion 16
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0016
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1131 AM CST FRI JAN 05 2007
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...GA...EXTREME SERN AL AND THE CENTRAL FL PANHANDLE
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 4...
   
   VALID 051731Z - 051930Z
   
   TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF GA...EXTREME SERN AL
   AND PORTIONS OF THE FL PANHANDLE UNTIL 21Z.
   
   AT 1715Z...A SQUALL LINE STRETCHED FROM 40 NE AHN T35 SW AHN TO 10
   SE PFN AND WAS MOVING EWD AT 40 KT ON THE NORTH END AND 25-30 KT ON
   THE SOUTH END. THE SQUALL LINE WAS STRONGLY BOWED ACROSS NRN GA...
   WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE LOCATED ALONG THIS
   PORTION OF THE LINE. ALTHOUGH THE LINEAR NATURE OF THE STORMS
   SUGGEST MOSTLY A DAMAGING WINDS THREAT...THE STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR
   AND MLCAPES FROM 500 TO 1000 J/KG ARE SUPPORTIVE OF TORNADOES WITHIN
   THE LINE...AND ISOLATED STORMS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE. THE
   THREAT FOR WIND DAMAGE AND TORNADOES MAY INCREASE ACROSS THE ERN
   PORTIONS OF THE WW THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS
   CLIMB A FEW DEGREES HIGHER THAN CURRENT READINGS.
   
   ..IMY.. 01/05/2007
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...CAE...FFC...TAE...
   
   30028582 32328454 33388377 34138387 33778197 31138343
   30008392 29318521 
   
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