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Tornado Watch 89
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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1020 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
          THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1020 AM UNTIL
   600 PM EDT.
   
   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 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   MACON GEORGIA TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.
    FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 87. WATCH NUMBER 87 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1020
   AM EDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...A LARGE MCS WITH EMBEDDED BOW ECHOES/SUPERCELLS WILL
   CONTINUE TO MOVE ENEWD IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK MESOLOW IN SW
   GA...AND A WARM FRONT LIFTING SLOWLY NWD FROM SRN INTO CENTRAL GA. 
   A FEED OF MID-UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS FROM THE NE GULF OF MEXICO WILL
   MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR STRONG UPDRAFTS...WHILE
   LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
   A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES THROUGH THIS
   AFTERNOON.
   
   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
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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