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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 236
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1050 PM CDT FRI APR 21 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
          WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1050 PM
   UNTIL 500 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...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 45 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE
   ALABAMA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 235...
   
   DISCUSSION...E/W CONVERGENCE ZONE ACROSS SWRN AL/FL PANHANDLE FOCUS
   FOR INCREASING THUNDERSTORMS AS MID LEVEL TROUGH AND UPPER WIND MAX
   APPROACH.  FAVORABLE VEERING SHEAR PROFILES AND MLCAPES IS EXCESS OF
   2000 J/KG TORNADIC SUPERCELLS POSSIBLE AS ACTIVITY GRADUALLY
   DEVELOPS EWD FL PANHANDLE.
   
   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 24030.
   
   
   ...HALES