URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 30
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
155 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

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

NORTHERN FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTH GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 155 AM UNTIL 900 AM 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 145 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO 5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 29. WATCH NUMBER 29 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 155 AM EST. CONTINUE...WW 26...WW 27...WW 28...

DISCUSSION...SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH
AT LEAST 12Z ALONG LOOSELY-ORGANIZED PRE-FRONTAL CONFLUENCE AXIS
EXTENDING WSW FROM NEAR VAD. ABSENCE OF STRONG LINEAR
FORCING...LONG RESIDENCE TIMES OF STORMS IN SATELLITE-DERIVED PW
AXIS...VERY STRONG/SLIGHTLY CURVED WIND PROFILES...AND EXPECTED
STRENGTHENING OF WIND FIELD/ LARGE SCALE ASCENT WITH CONTINUED
AMPLIFICATION OF LARGER SCALE TROUGH SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR
SEMI-DISCRETE SVR STORMS AND ISOLD STRONG TORNADOES.

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
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27045.

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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCHES 28/30
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
158 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

FLC005-013-037-039-045-059-063-065-073-077-079-129-131-133-GAC007-
017-019-027-037-071-075-087-095-099-131-155-173-177-185-201-205-
253-273-275-277-287-321-191400-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.A.0028.000000T0000Z-090219T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.A.0030.090219T0658Z-090219T1400Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 30 UNTIL
9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 28. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS

IN FLORIDA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES

IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE

BAY CALHOUN FRANKLIN
GADSDEN GULF HOLMES
JACKSON JEFFERSON LEON
LIBERTY MADISON WAKULLA
WALTON WASHINGTON

IN GEORGIA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES

IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

BEN HILL BERRIEN BROOKS
COLQUITT COOK IRWIN
LANIER LOWNDES THOMAS
TIFT TURNER WORTH

IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

BAKER CALHOUN DECATUR
DOUGHERTY EARLY GRADY
LEE MILLER MITCHELL
SEMINOLE TERRELL

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA...
ARLINGTON...ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...
BONIFAY...CAIRO...CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...
CHATTAHOOCHEE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...CRYSTAL LAKE...DAWSON...
DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOUGLASVILLE...EDISON...
FITZGERALD...FIVE POINTS...GRACEVILLE...GREENVILLE...HUDSON...
INWOOD...LAKELAND...LEARY...LEESBURG...LYNN HAVEN...LYNN HAVEN...
MADISON...MALONE...MARIANNA...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...
NASHVILLE...NEWTON...OCILLA...PANAMA CITY...PELHAM...
PORT ST. JOE...QUINCY...QUITMAN...SMITHVILLE...SNEADS...
SOPCHOPPY...SPARKS...SPRING HILL...ST. MARKS...SWEETWATER...
SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON...
UPPER GRAND LAGOON...VALDOSTA...WEWAHITCHKA AND WHITE CITY.

$$

FLC029-067-123-191400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.A.0030.090219T0658Z-090219T1400Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 30 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN FLORIDA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND

DIXIE LAFAYETTE TAYLOR

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CROSS CITY...MAYO...
MIDWAY AND PERRY.

$$

GMZ730-750-755-765-191400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.A.0030.090219T0658Z-090219T1400Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 30 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM