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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 828
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1045 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA
          CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA
          FAR NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 AM UNTIL 900
   PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
   LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 110 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
   WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 60 MILES
   NORTHEAST OF ROME 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 826. WATCH NUMBER 826 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
   1045 AM EDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...DIURNAL HEATING WILL LIKELY INCREASE INTENSITY OF
   CONVECTIVE BANDS ROTATING AROUND IVAN WHERE VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL
   SHEAR WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF ROTATION AND A FEW TORNADOES THROUGH THE
   EARLY EVENING. MAIN THREAT AREA WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE PATH
   OF IVAN/S CENTER.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
   TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
   WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 16035.
   
   
   ...EVANS