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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 800
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   140 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND NORTH FLORIDA
          SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL 900
   PM 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 ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
   OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO 55 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF MELBOURNE 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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 799. WATCH NUMBER 799 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 140
   PM EDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...HURRICANE FRANCES CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY WWD ACROSS
   CENTRAL FL TOWARD THE TAMPA BAY AREA.  THOUGH WIDESPREAD CLOUDS AND
   RAINFALL HAVE LIMITED INSTABILITY OVER THE PENINSULA...MORE
   BROKEN/CELLULAR CONVECTIVE BANDS SHOULD SPREAD INLAND FROM E-W
   THROUGH THIS EVENING.  STRONG WIND FIELDS AND ASSOCIATED LOW-LEVEL
   SHEAR WILL SUPPORT A THREAT OF EMBEDDED RAIN BAND SUPERCELLS WITH A
   FEW TORNADOES. THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON
   SHOULD BE FROM ROUGHLY THE CAPE CANAVERAL AREA NWD TO NEAR
   JACKSONVILLE.
   
   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 500.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 11045.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON