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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 20
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   910 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
          THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 910 AM UNTIL
   400 PM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 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 55 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA
   CITY FLORIDA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF CROSS CITY FLORIDA.  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 19...
   
   DISCUSSION...SMALL...ISOLATED STORMS ARE FORMING ATTM IN WARM
   ADVECTION ZONE AHEAD OF MAIN CONVECTIVE LINE NOW APPROACHING THE WRN
   END OF THE FL PANHANDLE.  SFC DEWPOINTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
   INCREASE IN WW AREA...WITH VALUES REACHING THE LOW 60S IN THE
   PANHANDLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  CONTINUED EWD ADVANCE OF CNTRL GULF
   UPR LEVEL JET EXIT REGION/DIFFLUENCE ZONE...COUPLED WITH INCREASING
   MOISTURE AND  MODEST SFC HEATING...SHOULD CREATE SETUP SUPPORTIVE OF
   ADDITIONAL STORMS THROUGH THE DAY.  LOW LEVEL VEERING PROFILES WILL
   BE PRESENT TO ENHANCE LOW LEVEL UPDRAFT ROTATION AND THE THREAT FOR
   ISOLATED TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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