URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 69
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   220 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL 900
   PM EST.
   
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
   
   DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE 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 70 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARIANNA
   FLORIDA TO 10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF VALDOSTA 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 64. WATCH NUMBER 64 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 220
   PM EST. CONTINUE...WW 65...WW 66...WW 67...WW 68...
   
   DISCUSSION...INTENSE TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE MOVING EWD ACROSS SW
   GA...AND SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL
   DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE.  THE 18Z TLH SOUNDING SHOWED A 2000 J/KG
   MLCAPE...0-6 KM SHEAR OF 50 KT...EFFECTIVE HELICITY OF 300
   M2/S2...AND VERY MOIST LOW LEVELS.  THESE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
   WILL SUPPORT A CONTINUED TORNADO THREAT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
   INTENSE/LONG-LIVED TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO THE LARGE HAIL AND
   DAMAGING WIND THREATS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.
