WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 913

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 913
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
605 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2008

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

THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 605 PM
UNTIL 100 AM EDT.

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 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF VIDALIA
GEORGIA TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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...FRONTAL AND PRE-FRONTAL STORMS AHEAD OF FAIRLY STRONG
SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIKELY WILL CONTINUE TO EXHIBIT OCCASIONAL
SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS GIVEN CONTINUED INFLOW OF WARM/MOIST AIR
BENEATH SLIGHT CAA AT MID LVLS. POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SMALL
SCALE BOWING SEGMENTS WITH LOCALLY DMGG WIND...AND POSSIBLY ISOLD
TORNADOES...GIVEN OBSERVED AND FCST WIND PROFILES.

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 22030.

...CORFIDI

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