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Tornado Watch 164
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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 164
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   950 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
          PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LOUISIANA
          MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 950 AM UNTIL 600
   PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 80 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   FORT POLK LOUISIANA TO 35 MILES EAST OF BIRMINGHAM 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 160...WW 161...WW
   162...WW 163...
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NRN AL SWWD TO
   CENTRAL LA WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING E/SEWD THIS AFTERNOON.  MUCH OF
   WATCH AREA S OF THE LINE IS IN A VERY FAVORABLE WARM SECTOR FOR
   SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT WITH MLCAPES TO 2000 J/KG AND STRONG/VEERING
   SHEAR PROFILES.  ADDITIONAL HEATING WILL INCREASE POTENTIAL FOR
   TORNADIC SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT BY THIS AFTERNOON..BOTH NEAR THE LINE
   AND ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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