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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 827
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   600 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTH FLORIDA
          SOUTH GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 600 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 35 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
   OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA TO 10 MILES
   SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CROSS CITY 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...CONTINUE...WW 826...
   
   DISCUSSION...OUTER BAND OF CONVECTION WHICH EXTENDS FROM NEAR CTY TO
   CSG WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MORNING
   HOURS. STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES IN THIS REGION SUGGEST A RISK
   OF ISOLATED TORNADOES IN THIS AREA.
   
   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 19035.
   
   
   ...HART