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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   415 AM CST MON JAN 26 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA
          THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 415 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 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 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA TO 40
   MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PENSACOLA 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...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG SW/NE ORIENTED LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE
   ZONE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS LARGE
   SCALE ASCENT INCREASES BENEATH DEVELOPING JET ENTRANCE REGION ALOFT.
    COUPLED WITH STRENGTHENING DEEP SHEAR /TO AOA 50 KT/ AND CONTINUED
   BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE INFLOW /SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE MID
   60S/...SETUP MAY BECOME SUPPORTIVE OF A FEW LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS
   GIVEN ORIENTATION OF CONFLUENCE BAND PARALLEL TO MEAN FLOW. LOW LCLS
   SUGGEST POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO SMALL SCALE BOWING
   SEGMENTS WITH HIGH WIND.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI