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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   810 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA
          FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 810 AM UNTIL 400
   PM EST.
   
   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
   
   DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 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 70 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 3...WW 4...
   
   DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY
   WITHIN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF COASTAL
   FRONT EXTENDING FROM SERN AL ACROSS FAR SRN GA THIS MORNING.  SHEAR
   IS ALREADY SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS WITH EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OF
   40-50 KT.  TORNADO THREAT WILL BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT INTO THE
   MID/LATE MORNING DUE TO DIURNAL HEATING AND LIKELIHOOD OF STORMS
   MOVING ALONG E-W ORIENTED SURFACE FRONT.  A FEW LONG-LIVED TORNADIC
   SUPERCELLS MAY OCCUR.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.
   
   
   ...EVANS