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WW0010 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL0
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 10
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   105 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
          THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 105 PM UNTIL
   800 PM CST.
   
   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 90 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GULFPORT
   MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 9...
   
   DISCUSSION...A BROKEN SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS SE LA AND
   SRN MS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...REACHING SW AL AROUND 23Z.  OTHER
   CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING IN ADVANCE OF THE LINE FROM SE LA INTO SE
   MS ALONG THE LLJ AND MOIST AXIS.  A SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING FROM LIX
   SHOWED THAT THE PRIMARY INSTABILITY IS STILL BASED JUST ABOVE THE
   SURFACE...BUT VERY STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS STILL SUPPORTIVE OF
   DAMAGING WINDS AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE MORE
   CELLULAR CONVECTIVE MODES NOW OBSERVED.
   
   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 24045.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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