Tornado Watch #89, Central and South GA, North FL

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
620 PM EST SAT MAR 26 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHERN FLORIDA
CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY EVENING FROM 620 PM UNTIL 1000 PM EST.

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 115 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST OF ALBANY
GEORGIA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 87...WW 88...

DISCUSSION...SLIGHTLY ELEVATED SUPERCELLS DEVELOPING ALONG
NWD-MOVING WARM FRONT/BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE SURGE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST AND SPREAD E/NEWD FROM SRN AL AND THE WRN FL PANHANDLE INTO
WW THROUGH THE EVENING. COMBINATION OF SLOWLY INCREASING LOW TO
DEEP LEVEL SHEAR...COUPLED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE SUPPLY...MAY
COMPENSATE FOR DIURNAL COOLING TO MAINTAIN/EXTEND SEVERE THREAT INTO
WATCH AREA.