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Tornado Watch 67
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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   300 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND NORTH FLORIDA
          SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 300 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 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF WAYCROSS
   GEORGIA TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 66...
   
   DISCUSSION...SRN END OF LONG-LIVED BROKEN SQLN IN GA/NW FL EXPECTED
   TO CONTINUE TO CONTAIN OCCASIONAL EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS/SUSTAINED
   STORMS THAT...GIVEN STRENGTH OF LOW TO MID-LEVEL SHEAR...WILL POSE
   ADDITIONAL RISK FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS/POSSIBLE TORNADOES.
    WHILE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE INFLOW SHOULD BE MORE LIMITED WITH ERN/NRN
   EXTENT IN WATCH...SOME DESTABILIZATION MAY BE PROVIDED BY
   ASCENT/COOLING ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRESSIVE LARGE SCALE UPR
   TROUGH.
   
   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 450.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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