WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 865

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 865
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
140 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008

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

EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
WESTERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
WESTERN GEORGIA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 140 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON GEORGIA. 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.

DISCUSSION...SCTD SUSTAINED STORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP/PERSIST ALONG NNE/SSW CONFLUENCE ZONE IN SE AL/WRN FL
ASSOCIATED WITH HYBRID TROPICAL CIRCULATION OF T.D. FAY. WEAK LOBE
OF ASCENT ROTATING AROUND SRN SIDE OF CIRCULATION AND CONTINUED
PRESENCE OF VERY RICH LOW LVL MOISTURE SUGGEST POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLD
TORNADOES DESPITE TIME OF DAY.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.

...CORFIDI

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