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Tornado Watch 254
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WW0254 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 254
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1030 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          LARGE PART OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
          MUCH OF NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA
          PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1030 AM UNTIL
   700 PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
   AUBURN ALABAMA TO 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROME GEORGIA.  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 252...WW 253...
   
   DISCUSSION...WELL DEVELOPED SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS
   WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. WITH STRONG VEERING SHEAR
   PROFILES IN PLACE AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ALONG WITH MLCAPES
   AOA 1500 J/KG...SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE AND LIKELY INCREASE WITH
   DIURNAL HEATING. IN ADDITION TO TORNADO POTENTIAL ASSOCIATED WITH
   ANY EMBEDDED ROTATIONS WITHIN LINE...MORE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS COULD
   DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF MAIN LINE AS AIR MASS CONTINUES TO
   DESTABILIZE.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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