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Tornado Watch 112
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WW0112 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 112
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   600 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
          NORTHWEST GEORGIA
          MIDDLE AND EAST TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 600 PM
   UNTIL 200 AM 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 85 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF SELMA ALABAMA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 107. WATCH NUMBER 107 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
   600 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 108...WW 109...WW 110...WW 111...
   
   DISCUSSION...EXISTING BROKEN BAND OF TSTMS FM NE AL NWD INTO MIDDLE
   TN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ENEWD...WHILE ADDITIONAL
   DEVELOPMENT/STRENGTHENING OCCURS ALONG BAND JUST ENTERING WRN AL. 
   INCREASING SHEAR AND ASCENT DOWNSTREAM FROM AR UPR VORT...ALONG WITH
   MODERATELY MOIST LOW LVL INFLOW...WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED RISK FOR
   ELONGATED/QUASI-DISCRETE SUPERCELLS WITH A THREAT FOR TORNADOES...IN
   ADDITION TO SVR HAIL/WIND.
   
   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 23040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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