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Tornado Watch 118
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WW0118 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 118
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   505 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
          WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 505 PM
   UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
   
   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 90 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
   EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE
   GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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 117...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER S CNTRL AL DURING THE
   NEXT FEW HOURS AS SLOW DESTABILIZATION CONTINUES IN WAKE OF EARLIER
   ELEVATED STORMS...AND E OF ACCELERATING COLD FRONT/PRE-FRONTAL
   TROUGHS NOW INVOF THE MS/AL BORDER.  GRADUALLY STRENGTHENING DEEP
   SHEAR...RICH LOW LVL MOISTURE...AND INCREASING LARGE SCALE UVV
   TOGETHER SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS. 
   THESE WILL POSE A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND...AND...ESPECIALLY
   NEAR OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LEFT BY EARLIER STORMS /REF MCD
   401/...TORNADOES.
   
   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
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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