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Tornado Watch 94
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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 94
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   830 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN ALABAMA
          NORTHWEST GEORGIA
          SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT FROM 830 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 30 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF CHATTANOOGA
   TENNESSEE TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ANNISTON ALABAMA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 91...WW 92...WW 93...
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE/SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO
   DEVELOP SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AL...AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS TN/AL. 
   STORMS ARE APPROACHING THE EASTERN EXTENT OF SUFFICIENT
   INSTABILITY...SO LONG TERM THREAT MAY BE LIMITED. 
   HOWEVER...ISOLATED STORMS MAY POSE A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED
   TORNADOES FOR ANOTHER 2-3 HOURS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.
   
   
   ...HART
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