URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 796
   STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   720 PM CST THU DEC 19 2002
   
   THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
   
      SOUTHEAST ALABAMA                            
      THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE                           
      SOUTHWEST GEORGIA                            
      COASTAL WATERS                     
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 720 PM UNTIL
   MIDNIGHT CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
   OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO
   45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA.
   
   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 795.  WATCH NUMBER 795 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 720 PM
   CST.
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING
   NEWD ALONG COLD FRONT NOW PASSING PNS...AND ALONG CONFLUENCE BAND
   FARTHER E NEAR PAM.  LOW LEVEL FLOW OFF THE NRN PART OF THE FL
   PENINSULA EXPECTED TO LIMIT BOUNDARY LAYER AIR MASS RECOVERY INTO
   S CNTRL GA...BUT COMBINATION OF STRONG /30-40 KT/ LOW LEVEL SHEAR
   AND MODEST SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY /SBCAPE ON THE ORDER OF 500
   J/KG/ EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES FARTHER W
   ACROSS THE FL PENINSULA AND SE AL. 
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. 
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.
   
   ...CORFIDI