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Tornado Watch 25
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   335 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
          A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA
          PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   ATHENS GEORGIA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 23...WW 24...
   
   DISCUSSION...STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EWD ACROSS AL INTO WRN GA IN
   CONCERT WITH THE DESTABILIZATION THAT IS OCCURRING.  WITH VERY
   STRONG SHEAR PROFILES IN PLACE...SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST
   ANYWHERE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THRU THE EVENING...DEVELOPING FROM W
   TO E. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES WILL BE
   POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26045.
   
   
   ...HALES
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