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Tornado Watch 67
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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   140 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          PARTS OF WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
          PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 140 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF BIRMINGHAM
   ALABAMA TO 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BOOTHVILLE LOUISIANA.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 66...
   
   DISCUSSION...WELL ORGANIZED SQUALL LINE ECENTRAL MS SSWWD TO
   SCENTRAL LA WILL CONTINUE EWD WITH POTENTIAL FOR MORE DISCRETE
   SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT IN WARM SECTOR IN ADVANCE OF LINE. WITH LOW
   LEVEL JET INCREASING TO 60KT COUPLED WITH INCREASING
   MOISTURE/INSTABILITY NWD INTO AL...THREAT FOR EMBEDDED TORNADIC
   SUPERCELLS IN SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE.  IN ADDITION WIND DAMAGE
   WILL BE MORE COMMON WITH THE LINE AS IT MOVES EWD ACROSS WATCH
   REMAINDER OF OVERNIGHT HOURS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
   
   
   ...HALES
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