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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 128
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   655 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY EVENING FROM 655 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 65 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 35 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
   OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO
   40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.
   
   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 124. WATCH NUMBER 124 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 655
   PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 125...WW 126...WW 127...
   
   DISCUSSION...SMALL SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR ANOTHER COUPLE
   HOURS OR SO OVER CNTRL/NRN MS...WHERE LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL BE
   MAXIMIZED INVOF NW/SE ORIENTED WARM FRONT.  AREA VWP/PROFILER DATA
   STILL SHOW SUFFICIENT DEEP SHEAR...ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER IMPULSE NOW
   IN NE AR ...TO SUPPORT SUPERCELLS.  STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN LATER THIS
   EVENING...HOWEVER...AS GRADUAL DIURNAL STABILIZATION CONTINUES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI