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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 823
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1200 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          FAR SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM NOON UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
   LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 40 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
   SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MOBILE ALABAMA TO
   20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA.
   
   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...OUTERBANDS BANDS OF IVAN WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NWD AND
   ROTATE ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE AND FAR SRN AL THROUGH THE MID
   EVENING.  VERY STRONG SHEAR WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS AND A THREAT OF
   TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
   TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
   WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 16035.
   
   
   ...EVANS