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Tornado Watch 44
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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   240 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN FLORIDA
          SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
          SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 240 AM UNTIL 1000 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 95 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   GAINESVILLE FLORIDA TO 100 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SAVANNAH
   GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 43...
   
   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF
   SOUTHERN GA AND NORTHERN FL...AHEAD OF POTENT UPPER TROUGH. 
   INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE ARE MARGINAL AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...BUT
   INCREASING LARGE SCALE FORCING AND FAVORABLE WIND FIELDS WILL
   MAINTAIN A RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THE MORNING. 
   CELLULAR ACTIVITY WILL POSE A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.  LATER
   THIS MORNING...A MORE ORGANIZED LINE OF STORMS MAY PUSH ACROSS THE
   NORTHERN FL PENINSULA WITH A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   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 24035.
   
   
   ...HART
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