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Tornado Watch 96
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WW0096 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 96
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1200 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WEST CENTRAL INTO NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
          SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM NOON UNTIL 700
   PM CDT.
   
   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 55 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
   MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF HUNTSVILLE
   ALABAMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 95...
   
   DISCUSSION...PRE-FRONTAL SUPERCELL HAS FORMED IN E CENTRAL MS AND
   WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NEWD INTO WRN AL AROUND THE TIME THE STORM
   MERGES WITH THE FRONTAL BAND OF CONVECTION IMMEDIATELY TO ITS W. 
   SOME SURFACE HEATING IN A FEW CLOUD BREAKS AND INCREASING LOW-LEVEL
   MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN DESTABILIZATION AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT
   STORMS IN THE LINE WILL STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ATTENDANT
   RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS.  THE TORNADO THREAT WILL BE LARGELY
   DEPENDENT ON THE FORMATION OF MORE DISCRETE STORMS AHEAD OF THE
   LINE...THOUGH LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR CIRCULATIONS
   WITHIN THE LINE.
   
   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
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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