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Tornado Watch 877
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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 877
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   630 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
          WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
          SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 630 AM UNTIL 400
   PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
   LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
   BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 876. WATCH NUMBER 876 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
   630 AM CDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN
   THIS REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN ASSOCIATION WITH MINI
   SUPERCELLS EMBEDDED WITHIN RAINBANDS MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE
   CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WHERE LARGE LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS EXIST.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
   TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
   WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 12050.
   
   
   ...DIAL
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