URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 865
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
140 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008

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

EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
WESTERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
WESTERN GEORGIA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 140 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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.

DISCUSSION...SCTD SUSTAINED STORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP/PERSIST ALONG NNE/SSW CONFLUENCE ZONE IN SE AL/WRN FL ASSOCIATED WITH HYBRID TROPICAL CIRCULATION OF T.D. FAY. WEAK LOBE OF ASCENT ROTATING AROUND SRN SIDE OF CIRCULATION AND CONTINUED PRESENCE OF VERY RICH LOW LVL MOISTURE SUGGEST POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLD
TORNADOES DESPITE TIME OF DAY.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.