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Tornado Watch 38
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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1240 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
          SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
          PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
          LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL
   800 PM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 70 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   MONTICELLO ARKANSAS TO 5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY
   ALABAMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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 37...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND S OF
   E/W THERMAL BOUNDARY FROM SERN AR TO CENTRAL AL.  AS AIR MASS HAS
   BECOME MDTLY UNSTABLE AND SHEAR REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR
   SUPERCELLS...TORNADO THREAT EXPECTED TO INCREASE REMAINDER OF THE
   AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO POTENTIAL WITH ANY
   SUPERCELL...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH
   STRONGEST STORMS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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