SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 143
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   915 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          FAR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 915 AM UNTIL
   500 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN
   ALABAMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 142...
   
   DISCUSSION...BOW ECHO OVER E-CNTRL MS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD
   ACROSS AL TODAY...WITH ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT ANTICIPATED
   ALONG SRN FLANK OF CONVECTIVE SYSTEM.  12Z JAN SOUNDING APPEARS TO
   BE A GOOD PROXY ENVIRONMENT FOR MCS...FEATURING MODERATE-STRONG
   INSTABILITY /MUCAPE OF 2000-3000 J PER KG/ AND 60 KT OF DEEP WLY
   SHEAR.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD THROUGH SOME HAIL
   WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
   
   AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27040.
   
   
   ...MEAD

   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 143
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   915 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          FAR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 915 AM UNTIL
   500 PM CDT.
   
   SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS
   ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
   WIDELY SCATTERED LARGE HAIL TO 2.0 INCHES IN DIAMETER
   ISOLATED TORNADOES
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN
   ALABAMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 142...
   
   DISCUSSION...BOW ECHO OVER E-CNTRL MS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD
   ACROSS AL TODAY...WITH ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT ANTICIPATED
   ALONG SRN FLANK OF CONVECTIVE SYSTEM.  12Z JAN SOUNDING APPEARS TO
   BE A GOOD PROXY ENVIRONMENT FOR MCS...FEATURING MODERATE-STRONG
   INSTABILITY /MUCAPE OF 2000-3000 J PER KG/ AND 60 KT OF DEEP WLY
   SHEAR.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD THROUGH SOME HAIL
   WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
   
   AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27040.
   
   
   ...MEAD

   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 143
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   915 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          FAR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 915 AM UNTIL
   500 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN
   ALABAMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 142...
   
   DISCUSSION...BOW ECHO OVER E-CNTRL MS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD
   ACROSS AL TODAY...WITH ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT ANTICIPATED
   ALONG SRN FLANK OF CONVECTIVE SYSTEM.  12Z JAN SOUNDING APPEARS TO
   BE A GOOD PROXY ENVIRONMENT FOR MCS...FEATURING MODERATE-STRONG
   INSTABILITY /MUCAPE OF 2000-3000 J PER KG/ AND 60 KT OF DEEP WLY
   SHEAR.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD THROUGH SOME HAIL
   WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
   
   AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27040.
   
   
   ...MEAD

   WOUS64 KWNS 051412
   WOU3
   
   BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 143
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   915 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012
   
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 143 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
   FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
   
   ALC001-007-013-021-023-025-035-037-039-041-047-051-053-057-063-
   065-073-075-085-091-099-101-105-107-115-117-119-121-125-127-129-
   131-052200-
   /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0143.120405T1415Z-120405T2200Z/
   
   AL 
   .    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
   
   AUTAUGA              BIBB                BUTLER              
   CHILTON              CHOCTAW             CLARKE              
   CONECUH              COOSA               COVINGTON           
   CRENSHAW             DALLAS              ELMORE              
   ESCAMBIA             FAYETTE             GREENE              
   HALE                 JEFFERSON           LAMAR               
   LOWNDES              MARENGO             MONROE              
   MONTGOMERY           PERRY               PICKENS             
   SHELBY               ST. CLAIR           SUMTER              
   TALLADEGA            TUSCALOOSA          WALKER              
   WASHINGTON           WILCOX              
   
   
   MSC041-111-153-052200-
   /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0143.120405T1415Z-120405T2200Z/
   
   MS 
   .    MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
   
   GREENE               PERRY               WAYNE               
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...BMX...MOB...
   
   
   

   SAW3 
   WW 143 SEVERE TSTM AL MS 051415Z - 052200Z
   AXIS..60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
   35NW BHM/BIRMINGHAM AL/ - 30WSW GZH/EVERGREEN AL/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 50NM E/W /21NW VUZ - 50WNW CEW/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040.
   
   LAT...LON 33918613 31258648 31258851 33918823
   
   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU3.
   

Watch 143 Status Report Messages:

STATUS REPORT #5 ON WW 143

VALID 052030Z - 052140Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 WSW GZH
TO 35 E GZH.

..KERR..04/05/12

ATTN...WFO...BMX...MOB...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 143 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

ALC005-011-039-053-081-087-109-113-052140-

AL 
.    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARBOUR 	     BULLOCK		 COVINGTON	     
ESCAMBIA	     LEE		 MACON		     
PIKE		     RUSSELL		 
$$


FLC033-091-113-052140-

FL 
.    FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ESCAMBIA	     OKALOOSA		 SANTA ROSA	     
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #4 ON WW 143

VALID 051940Z - 052040Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 NNW MOB
TO 25 W GZH TO 25 WSW TOI.

..KERR..04/05/12

ATTN...WFO...BMX...MOB...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 143 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

ALC005-011-013-025-035-039-041-053-081-087-099-109-113-129-131-
052040-

AL 
.    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARBOUR 	     BULLOCK		 BUTLER 	     
CLARKE		     CONECUH		 COVINGTON	     
CRENSHAW	     ESCAMBIA		 LEE		     
MACON		     MONROE		 PIKE		     
RUSSELL 	     WASHINGTON 	 WILCOX 	     
$$


FLC033-091-113-052040-

FL 
.    FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ESCAMBIA	     OKALOOSA		 SANTA ROSA	     
$$


MSC041-111-052040-

MS 
.    MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

GREENE		     PERRY		 
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 143

VALID 051830Z - 051940Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 50 E PIB TO
35 WNW GZH TO 5 SW GAD.

..KERR..04/05/12

ATTN...WFO...BMX...MOB...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 143 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

ALC001-005-011-013-017-021-023-025-035-037-039-041-047-051-053-
081-085-087-099-101-109-113-117-121-123-129-131-051940-

AL 
.    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

AUTAUGA 	     BARBOUR		 BULLOCK	     
BUTLER		     CHAMBERS		 CHILTON	     
CHOCTAW 	     CLARKE		 CONECUH	     
COOSA		     COVINGTON		 CRENSHAW	     
DALLAS		     ELMORE		 ESCAMBIA	     
LEE		     LOWNDES		 MACON		     
MONROE		     MONTGOMERY 	 PIKE		     
RUSSELL 	     SHELBY		 TALLADEGA	     
TALLAPOOSA	     WASHINGTON 	 WILCOX 	     
$$


MSC041-111-153-051940-

MS 
.    MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

GREENE		     PERRY		 WAYNE		     
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 143

VALID 051735Z - 051840Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..KERR..04/05/12

ATTN...WFO...BMX...MOB...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 143 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

ALC001-007-013-021-023-025-035-037-039-041-047-051-053-057-063-
065-073-075-085-091-099-101-105-107-115-117-119-121-125-127-129-
131-051840-

AL 
.    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

AUTAUGA 	     BIBB		 BUTLER 	     
CHILTON 	     CHOCTAW		 CLARKE 	     
CONECUH 	     COOSA		 COVINGTON	     
CRENSHAW	     DALLAS		 ELMORE 	     
ESCAMBIA	     FAYETTE		 GREENE 	     
HALE		     JEFFERSON		 LAMAR		     
LOWNDES 	     MARENGO		 MONROE 	     
MONTGOMERY	     PERRY		 PICKENS	     
ST. CLAIR	     SHELBY		 SUMTER 	     
TALLADEGA	     TUSCALOOSA 	 WALKER 	     
WASHINGTON	     WILCOX		 
$$


MSC041-111-153-051840-

MS 
.    MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

GREENE		     PERRY		 WAYNE		     
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 143

VALID 051635Z - 051740Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..KERR..04/05/12

ATTN...WFO...BMX...MOB...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 143 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

ALC001-007-013-021-023-025-035-037-039-041-047-051-053-057-063-
065-073-075-085-091-099-101-105-107-115-117-119-121-125-127-129-
131-051740-

AL 
.    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

AUTAUGA 	     BIBB		 BUTLER 	     
CHILTON 	     CHOCTAW		 CLARKE 	     
CONECUH 	     COOSA		 COVINGTON	     
CRENSHAW	     DALLAS		 ELMORE 	     
ESCAMBIA	     FAYETTE		 GREENE 	     
HALE		     JEFFERSON		 LAMAR		     
LOWNDES 	     MARENGO		 MONROE 	     
MONTGOMERY	     PERRY		 PICKENS	     
ST. CLAIR	     SHELBY		 SUMTER 	     
TALLADEGA	     TUSCALOOSA 	 WALKER 	     
WASHINGTON	     WILCOX		 
$$


MSC041-111-153-051740-

MS 
.    MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

GREENE		     PERRY		 WAYNE		     
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

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