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WW0003 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Very Low

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 3
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   455 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA
          CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA
          EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
          FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
          SOUTHERN MIDDLE AND EAST TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 455 AM UNTIL NOON CST.
   
   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 80 STATUTE
   MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   ATHENS GEORGIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 2...
   
   DISCUSSION...BAND OF WSW-ENE COLD FRONT TSTMS NOW IN NRN MS/NRN
   AL/MIDDLE TN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ESEWD...WITH EMBEDDED SUSTAINED
   STORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS POSING A RISK FOR LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND
   PERHAPS A QLCS TORNADO.  FARTHER S...MORE WDLY SCTD STORMS/POSSIBLE
   SUPERCELLS MAY ARISE FROM PRE-FRONTAL CONFLUENCE BANDS NOW EXTENDING
   FROM NEAR JAN ENE TO MCN/ATL.  THESE MAY POSE A RISK FOR
   TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY IN ERN AL AND GA WHERE LOW-LVL SRH SHOULD BE
   GREATEST NEAR RESIDUAL WEDGE BOUNDARY/WARM FRONT.  COMBINATION OF
   MODEST DAYTIME HEATING AND INCREASING DPVA WITH APPROACH OF AR UPR
   TROUGH MAY YIELD AN INCREASE IN STORM COVERAGE AND STRENGTH
   THROUGHOUT WW OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
   
   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
   400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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