WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 67

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
300 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008

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

EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND NORTH FLORIDA
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 300 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EST.

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 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF WAYCROSS
GEORGIA TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 66...

DISCUSSION...SRN END OF LONG-LIVED BROKEN SQLN IN GA/NW FL EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO CONTAIN OCCASIONAL EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS/SUSTAINED
STORMS THAT...GIVEN STRENGTH OF LOW TO MID-LEVEL SHEAR...WILL POSE
ADDITIONAL RISK FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS/POSSIBLE TORNADOES.
WHILE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE INFLOW SHOULD BE MORE LIMITED WITH ERN/NRN
EXTENT IN WATCH...SOME DESTABILIZATION MAY BE PROVIDED BY
ASCENT/COOLING ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRESSIVE LARGE SCALE UPR
TROUGH.

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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