**THIS WATCH COVERS AN AREA MOSTLY OUT OF THE WCTV VIEWING AREA, EXCEPT FOR THE REGION JUST WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER, INCLUDING JACKSON, CALHOUN AND GULF COUNTIES IN FLORIDA.**
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TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 809
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
535 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

TORNADO WATCH 809 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

FLC005-013-033-045-059-063-091-113-131-133-250700-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0809.091224T2335Z-091225T0700Z/

FL
. FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BAY CALHOUN ESCAMBIA
GULF HOLMES JACKSON
OKALOOSA SANTA ROSA WALTON
WASHINGTON
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TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 809
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
535 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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

SOUTHERN ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 535 PM
UNTIL 100 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 60 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 30 MILES EAST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA. 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 808. WATCH NUMBER 808 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
535 PM CST.

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WILL CONTINUE
EWD AS NARROW WEDGE OF GULF MOISTURE/SBCAPE RECOVERS ACROSS THE NERN
GOM. ISOLATED...DISCRETE STORMS WILL ALSO CONTINUE LIFTING NWD OFF
THE GULF AHEAD OF THE LINE. LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL REMAIN VERY STRONG
AND SUPPORT ROTATION WITH THE STRONGER CORES. TORNADO AND DAMAGING
WIND THREATS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AS SQUALL LINE
PROGRESSES EWD.

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 26035.

...EVANS