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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 889
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1005 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA
          SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS
          NORTHERN LOUISIANA
          NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
          WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1005 PM
   UNTIL 500 AM CST.
   
   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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA TO 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 888...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ALONG COLD FRONT
   TRAILING SWWD FROM WRN KY SURFACE WAVE.  50+ KT DEEP WSWLY
   SHEAR...LOW TO MID 60S DEWPOINTS AND POTENTIAL FOR DISCRETE
   SURFACE-BASED STORMS JUST AHEAD OF FRONT SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR
   TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.
   
   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 400.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI