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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 61
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WW0061 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 61
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   645 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 645 PM
   UNTIL 200 AM 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 75
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF
   TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANNISTON ALABAMA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 58...WW 59...WW 60...
   
   DISCUSSION...VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP
   ACROSS...AND OVERSPREAD THE REGION...THIS EVENING...MOSTLY ABOVE A
   RESIDUAL COOL AND STABLE NEAR SURFACE LAYER.  LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
   PRIMARY THREAT INITIALLY...BUT A RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY
   INCREASE DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS.
   
   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 400. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27040.
   
   
   ...KERR
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