WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 5

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1050 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

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

PART OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1050 PM
UNTIL 600 AM CST.

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 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON
GEORGIA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF CRESTVIEW 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.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING ALONG COLD FRONT FROM
ERN AL TO E OF MOB AS STRONG ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROUGH
APPROACHES. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS LIMITED...THE VERY STRONG SHEAR
PROFILES SUPPORTS EMBEDDED ROTATING UPDRAFTS/SUPERCELLS WITHIN THE
BAND OF INCREASING THUNDERSTORMS. ALONG WITH WIND
DAMAGE...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL AS ACTIVITY
SHIFT EWD 20-25KT... WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS TRACK RAPIDLY NEWD.

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 23045.

...HALES

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