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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 10
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   715 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN ALABAMA
          MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 715 AM UNTIL
   100 PM CST.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BIRMINGHAM
   ALABAMA TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
   TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 8...WW 9...
   
   DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE CONTINUES EWD AND WITH UPPER TROUGH
   APPROACHING... EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY NEXT COUPLE HOURS.  VERY STRONG
   WIND PROFILES WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL EVEN
   WITH WEAK INSTABILITY.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
   A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 24055.
   
   
   ...HALES