URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 681
   STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   355 AM CDT SAT SEP 14 2002
   
   THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
   
      SOUTHERN ALABAMA                            
      WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE                           
      COASTAL WATERS                     
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 355 AM UNTIL NOON CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
   LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
   SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MOBILE ALABAMA TO
   25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARIANNA FLORIDA.
   
   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...TROPICAL STORM HANNA WILL MAKE LANDFALL NEAR THE AL
   BOOTHEEL REGION/MS COAST LATER THIS MORNING.  RESULTANT INCREASE IN
   LOW LEVEL SHEAR ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THIS TRACK WILL SUBSEQUENTLY
   INCREASE THE THREAT OF A FEW TORNADOES WITHIN BANDS ROTATING INLAND
   THROUGH THE MORNING.  
   
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
   TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI
   WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 300.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 18030.
   
   
   ...EVANS