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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 32
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
855 PM EST FRI JAN 24 1997

A...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR

   PARTS OF THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA                            
   PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN  GEORGIA                            
   PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA                            
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL 300 AM EST.

TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.


THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF
A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO 35 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ALBANY GEORGIA.

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.
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C...TORNADOES AND A FEW SVR TSTMS WITH HAIL SFC AND ALF TO 1 3/4
INCHES.  EXTRM TURBC AND SFC WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CBS
WITH MAX TOPS TO 500.  MEAN WIND VECTOR 24035.

D...CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO SHOW ROTATION AS
IT ADVANCES AHEAD OF UPPER VORT AXIS. MODERATE INSTABILITY COMBINED
WITH MODERATE HELICITIES AND LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION WILL MAINTAIN
THREAT OF SUPERCELLS.

E...OTR TSTMS...  CONT..WW 0029..0030..0031..

...ROGASH