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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 126
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   315 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
          EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
          FAR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL
   900 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...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 ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
   SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 35
   MILES NORTHWEST OF BOOTHVILLE LOUISIANA.
   
   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...CONTINUE...WW 124...WW 125...
   
   DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF INTENSE CONVECTION OVER SOUTHEAST
   LA/SOUTHERN MS/SOUTHWEST AL WILL REMAIN ACTIVE FOR SEVERAL MORE
   HOURS. INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE/INSTABILITY...COUPLED WITH
   SUFFICIENT VERTICAL SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS...WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF
   DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH THE EVENING. 
   RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL ALSO SUPPORT A RISK OF HAIL
   IN STRONGEST CELLS.
   
   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 24035.
   
   
   ...HART