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Tornado Watch 11
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 11
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1045 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA
          WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1045 AM UNTIL
   400 PM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
   OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE GEORGIA TO 30
   MILES 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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 9. WATCH NUMBER 9 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1045 AM
   CST. CONTINUE...WW 10...
   
   DISCUSSION...THREAT WILL EXIST FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING
   WIND GUSTS WITH SUPERCELLS EMBEDDED IN SQUALL LINE NOW OVER CNTRL
   AL/SE MS.  MODEST SURFACE HEATING AND LINGERING PRESENCE OF MODERATE
   TO STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN POTENTIAL FOR LOW
   LEVEL STORM ROTATION DESPITE SLOW WEAKENING OF DEEP SSWLY WIND
   FIELD.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
   
   
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