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Tornado Watch 150
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WW0150 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 150
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1235 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN FLORIDA
          SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL
   700 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 60 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
   VALDOSTA GEORGIA TO 45 MILES EAST OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 149...
   
   DISCUSSION...SURFACE WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO LIFT NWD INTO SERN GA
   LATE THIS MORNING...AND SHOULD SUPPORT MODEST SURFACE-BASED
   INSTABILITY AHEAD OF BROKEN LINE OF SUPERCELLS/SMALL BOW ECHOES
   MOVING EWD.  SHEAR REMAINS QUITE STRONG AND WILL SUPPORT THREATS OF
   TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH ISOLATED LARGE HAIL...WITH
   THE STRONGER STORMS.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL
   HAZARD.
   
   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 26035.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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