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Tornado Watch 886
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List of Counties in Watch 886 (WOU)
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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 886
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   540 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 540 PM UNTIL 1100
   PM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES
   EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF AUBURN ALABAMA TO
   15 MILES WEST OF EVERGREEN ALABAMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF
   THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
   WOU6).
   
   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 884...WW 885...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH SURFACE
   BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHERN AL THIS EVENING...WHERE ENHANCED VERTICAL
   SHEAR AND VORTICITY WILL PROMOTE SUPERCELL/TORNADO THREAT. 
   OTHERWISE... ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER
   CELLS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 24035.
   
   
   ...HART
   
   
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