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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 129
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   855 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
          SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 855 PM UNTIL
   200 AM 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 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
   SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOOTHVILLE LOUISIANA TO
   40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA.
   
   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 126. WATCH NUMBER 126 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 855
   PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 125...WW 127...WW 128...
   
   DISCUSSION...THREAT EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR SUPERCELLS ALONG DIFFUSE
   WARM FRONT LIFTING SLOWLY N ACROSS CNTRL/ERN GULF CST. INFLUX OF
   RICH BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE...COUPLED WITH ENHANCED LOW LEVEL SSELY
   JET ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER IMPULSE LIFTING NE ACROSS W TN...WILL
   MAINTAIN FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES FOR ROTATING STORMS AND ISOLATED
   TORNADOES.
   
   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 500.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI