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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 904
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
250 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHERN GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL
700 PM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO 60
MILES 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 900...WW 901...WW 902...WW
903...
DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE CONTINUES EWD ACROSS SRN GA/FL PANHANDLE.
VERY MOIST AND MODEST INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH THE STRONG VEERING
SHEAR PROFILES..WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS EMBEDDED IN THE LINE. ADDITIONALLY DISCRETE STORMS OVER
THE NERN GULF WILL MOVE INLAND NWRN FL COAST RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL
THREAT OF TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
...HALES
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