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Tornado Watch 865
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 865
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   140 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          WESTERN GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 140 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 60 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
   CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON GEORGIA.  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.
   
   DISCUSSION...SCTD SUSTAINED STORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO
   DEVELOP/PERSIST ALONG NNE/SSW CONFLUENCE ZONE IN SE AL/WRN FL
   ASSOCIATED WITH HYBRID TROPICAL CIRCULATION OF T.D. FAY.  WEAK LOBE
   OF ASCENT ROTATING AROUND SRN SIDE OF CIRCULATION AND CONTINUED
   PRESENCE OF VERY RICH LOW LVL MOISTURE SUGGEST POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLD
   TORNADOES DESPITE TIME OF DAY.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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