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THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 125 AM UNTIL 700 AM CST. 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 20... DISCUSSION...LINE OF TSTMS/SUPERCELLS ALONG SE AL/WRN FL PANHANDLE COLD FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE EWD INTO REMAINING POCKET OF FAIRLY RICH GULF AIR /DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S/. COUPLED WITH EXISTING MODERATE TO STRONG LOW TO MIDLEVEL SHEAR AND...POSSIBLY...SOME LARGE SCALE ASCENT PROVIDED BY TROUGH AXIS NOW ENTERING ERN MS...SETUP MAY SUPPORT ISOLD TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO BOWING SEGMENTS WITH HIGH WIND. 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 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.