WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 825

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 825
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1100 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2008

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

NORTHERN FLORIDA
SOUTHERN GEORGIA
SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1100 AM UNTIL
600 PM EDT.

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 65 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE
FLORIDA. 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 824. WATCH NUMBER 824 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
1100 AM EDT.

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTHERN GA AND NORTHERN FL THIS MORNING...AHEAD OF PROGRESSIVE MID
LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH. DESPITE WEAK THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS...
FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF TRANSIENT
CONVECTIVE INTENSIFICATION AND ASSOCIATED ISOLATED TORNADO
POTENTIAL. THREAT IS EXPECTED TO PERSIS THROUGH MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON.

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.

...HART

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