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Tornado Watch 42
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 42
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1140 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
          PARTS OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1140 AM UNTIL
   700 PM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF VIDALIA GEORGIA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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 41. WATCH NUMBER 41 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1140
   AM EST. 
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS FROM
   CENTRAL GA SWWD WRN FL PANHANDLE WILL SLOWLY DEVELOP EWD THRU THE
   AFTERNOON.  AIR MASS IN ADVANCE OF LINE IS DESTABILIZING AND
   BECOMING SUPPORTIVE OF MORE DISCRETE STORM FORMATION AS MLCAPES
   CLIMB TO 1000 J/KG.  STRONG  SHEAR PROFILES WILL CONTINUED THREAT OF
   DAMAGING WINDS AND AT LEAST ISOLATED TORNADOES...PARTICULARLY WITH
   ANY SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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