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Tornado Watch 148
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WW0148 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Very Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Very Low

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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 148
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   230 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA
          THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
          SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 230 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE
   ALABAMA TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF TROY ALABAMA.  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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 146...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 147. WATCH NUMBER 146 147
   WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 230 AM CDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...LEWP-CONTAINING SQLN EXPECTED TO EDGE SLOWLY E THROUGH
   MID MORNING...DRIVEN LARGELY BY VEERED LOW LVL FLOW ACROSS LA/WRN
   MS.  INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW LVL FLOW AHEAD OF LINE...PERSISTENCE OF
   STRONG/DEEP-VEERING WIND FIELD...AND SELY COMPONENT TO NEAR-SFC FLOW
   SUGGEST CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL LEWPS/EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS
   WITH AN ASSOCIATED THREAT FOR ISOLD TORNADOES.  SHALLOWER CONVECTION
   IN CONFLUENT LOW LVL FLOW AHEAD OF SQLN MAY ALSO PRODUCE A BRIEF
   TORNADO OR TWO LATER THIS MORNING.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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