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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 898
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   140 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALABAMA
          GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL
   800 PM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF DOTHAN
   ALABAMA TO 25 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTA GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...MULTIPLE CLUSTERS OF STRONG STORMS ARE DEVELOPING
   ACROSS NRN/CENTRAL AL INTO SWRN GA IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING DYNAMIC
   FORCING WITHIN LEFT EXIT REGION OF UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK DIGGING
   SEWD ACROSS MS.  THIS IS OCCURRING SOUTH OF OH VALLEY UPPER LOW
   WHERE VERY COLD MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES ARE CONTRIBUTING TO
   MODERATELY STEEP LAPSE RATES.  MOISTURE IS ALSO INCREASING NEWD INTO
   GA AS STRONG SWLY LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS OVER NWRN FL INTO
   GA...CONTRIBUTING TO ADDITIONAL DESTABILIZATION.  STRONG DEEP LAYER
   AND LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL ENHANCE SEVERE POTENTIAL WITH ROTATING
   STORMS DEVELOPING.  PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FOR HAIL AND DAMAGING
   WINDS...ALTHOUGH A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...WEISS