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Tornado Watch 47
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 47
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   915 PM EST MON MAR 7 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN FLORIDA
          SOUTHERN GEORGIA GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 915 PM UNTIL
   400 AM EST.
   
   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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
   APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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...CONTINUE...WW 45...WW 46...
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED VICINITY E/W
   COASTAL FRONT JUST OFFSHORE FL PANHANDLE.  WITH VERY STRONG SHEAR
   PROFILES IN PLACE AND INCREASING AND ALONG WITH A DESTABILIZING AIR
   MASS...POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL SPREAD EWD ACROSS
   WATCH AREA.
   
   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 500.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
   
   
   ...HALES
   
   
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