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Tornado Watch 63
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WW0063 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 63
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   440 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
          THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 440 AM UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.
   
   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 65 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   ALBANY GEORGIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 62...
   
   DISCUSSION...THE SURFACE WARM FRONT IS MOVING INLAND ACROSS THE FL
   PANHANDLE TOWARD THE GA BORDER AS NEW STORMS DEVELOP ALONG A
   PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH/CONFLUENCE BAND MOVING EWD ACROSS THE WRN FL
   PANHANDLE AND NE GULF OF MEXICO.  AS THE LOW LEVELS DESTABILIZE
   INLAND...THE RISK FOR SURFACE-BASED SUPERCELLS WILL INCREASE IN AN
   ENVIRONMENT WITH MLCAPE NEAR 1000 J/KG AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR AOA
   50 KT.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
   AND DAMAGING WINDS.  ADDITIONALLY...THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR A
   COUPLE OF TORNADOES AS STORMS INTERACT WITH THE ZONE OF STRONGER
   L0W-LEVEL SHEAR ALONG THE WARM FRONT.
   
   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 25040.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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