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Tornado Watch 195
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 195
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1015 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN AND NORTHERN ALABAMA
          NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
          CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
          MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1015 AM UNTIL
   400 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 100 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES WEST OF PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...AREA IS EXPERIENCING DIABATIC DESTABILIZATION AT SFC
   AND WEAKENING MLCINH...ALONG WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE TO SUPPORT
   CONTINUING TSTM INTENSIFICATION ACROSS WW AREA -- BOTH ALONG AND
   AHEAD OF PRIMARY CONVECTIVE BAND INITIALLY OBSERVED FROM WRN TN SWWD
   TO NERN LA.  FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR
   PROFILES EXIST TO SUPPORT BOTH SUPERCELLULAR AND BOW/QLCS STORM
   MORPHOLOGIES...WITH RELATIVELY DISCRETE STORMS POSSIBLE AHEAD OF
   MAIN LINE.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...EDWARDS/THOMPSON
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