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Tornado Watch 85
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 85
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   120 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          FAR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
          FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          FAR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 120 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 50 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   DOTHAN ALABAMA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA.  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 82...WW 83...WW 84...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD GENERALLY EWD ACROSS
   WW THROUGH THE NIGHT AS AIR MASS DESTABILIZES WITH INCREASING SLY
   LOW LEVEL FLOW OFF OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.  SHEAR WILL REMAIN MORE
   THAN ADEQUATE FOR SUPERCELLS...WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES FOSTERING
   LARGE HAIL POTENTIAL.  ISOLATED TORNADO/WIND DAMAGE THREAT IS ALSO
   POSSIBLE GIVEN VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND CONTINUED
   MOISTENING/DESTABILIZATION OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER OVERNIGHT.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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