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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 826
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   210 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
          FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          WESTERN GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 210 AM UNTIL 1100 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 ALONG AND 110 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
   SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SELMA ALABAMA TO 5
   MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MOULTRIE GEORGIA.
   
   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 825. WATCH NUMBER 825 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 210
   AM EDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...HURRICANE IVAN IS NOW MAKING LANDFALL NEAR MOB.  RAIN
   BANDS ON EAST SIDE OF SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A RISK OF
   ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
   
   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 550.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 13030.
   
   
   ...HART