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Tornado Watch 19
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WW0019 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   430 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 430 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   MACON GEORGIA TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 18...
   
   DISCUSSION...PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTIVE BAND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD
   ACROSS PORTIONS OF GA AND NRN FL THIS EVENING IN TANDEM WITH 40-50+
   KT SLY LLJ.  DOWNSTREAM AIR MASS HAS WARMED WELL INTO THE 70S THIS
   AFTERNOON AND WHEN COUPLED WITH BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS OF AROUND
   60 F IS RESULTING IN A WEAKLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH MLCAPE OF
   250-500 J/KG.  WHILE INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN MARGINAL...THE
   STRENGTHENING LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT AND ALREADY STRONG
   VERTICAL SHEAR /I.E. 0-1 KM SRH OF 250-300 M2 PER S2/ INDICATE A
   CONDITIONAL THREAT FOR A COUPLE TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS GIVEN
   SUSTAINED STORMS.
   
   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 400.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.
   
   
   ...MEAD
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