MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2569
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1146 PM CST WED DEC 22 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...PORTION OF THE WRN FL PANHANDLE AND FAR SERN AL
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 923...
   
   VALID 230546Z - 230645Z
   
   PARAMETERS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AS STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE
   INLAND OVER THE FL PANHANDLE.
   
   SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED THE NARROW WARM SECTOR REMAINED INLAND OVER
   THE WRN FL PANHANDLE /TO THE WEST OF TLH/ WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN
   THE MID 60S SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY.  REGIONAL RADARS SHOWED AT LEAST
   TWO STORMS WITH ROTATION LOCATED 10-20 MILES OFFSHORE OF WALTON/BAY
   COUNTIES.  STRONG WIND FIELDS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FAVORABLE DEEP
   LAYER SHEAR VALUES FOR ROTATING STORMS... WITH STRONG LOW-LEVEL
   SHEAR FOR TORNADOES AS STORMS MOVE INLAND DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR.
   
   
   MEANWHILE...FARTHER E ACROSS SWRN GA/ERN FL PANHANDLE...SELY SURFACE
   TRAJECTORIES WILL MAINTAIN FETCH OF MODEST SURFACE DEWPOINTS /IN THE
   50S/ TO THE EAST OF WW 923.  LARGE PRECIPITATION SHIELD SPREADING
   OVER MUCH OF THIS SAME AREA WILL ALSO LIMIT DESTABILIZATION ACROSS
   SWRN GA AND ERN FL PANHANDLE OVERNIGHT.
   
   ..PETERS.. 12/23/2004
   
   
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