WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 144

WWUS20 KWNS 150347
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SPC WW 150347
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 144
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1145 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
PART OF FLORIDA PAN HANDLE
LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM
UNTIL 600 AM 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 60 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
MARIANNA FLORIDA TO 65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF VIDALIA GEORGIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 142. WATCH NUMBER 142 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
1145 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 143...

DISCUSSION...WHILE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED FROM EARLIER THIS
EVENING...THE SHEAR REMAINS VERY STRONG ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. WITH
A VERY MOIST AND MODESTLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS...POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELLS AND AT LEAST AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT AS
STORMS CONTINUE EWD FROM SERN AL/FL PANHANDLE INTO SRN GA WITH
APPROACH OF THE STRONG UPPER JET AND S/W TROUGH.

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.

..HALES

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