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Tornado Watch 108
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 108
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   300 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
          NORTH FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHERN GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM 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 75 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
   PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE
   FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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 103...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 104. WATCH NUMBER 103 104
   WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 300 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 105...WW
   106...WW 107...
   
   DISCUSSION...A LARGE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST
   THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING ACROSS N FL/S GA...WITH NEW
   DEVELOPMENT LIKELY SPREADING INLAND FROM THE NE GULF.  THE GREATER
   THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE WITH SURFACE-BASED CONVECTION ON THE
   LEADING EDGE OF THE BAND...WHERE A GRADUAL INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL
   FLOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING WILL RESULT IN FAVORABLE VERTICAL
   SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS WITH A FEW TORNADOES.  FARTHER W/N...SOMEWHAT
   ELEVATED CONVECTION IS MORE PROBABLE TO THE N OF THE OUTFLOW
   BOUNDARY WHICH REMAINS OFFSHORE.  INCREASING WAA ABOVE THE SHALLOW
   COLD POOL WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING
   WINDS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE AND SE AL/SW
   GA.
   
   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
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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