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

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   SEL1
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 11
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   245 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALABAMA
          NORTHWEST GEORGIA
          SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 245 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   ROME GEORGIA TO 90 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 7...WW 8...WW 9...WW 10...
   
   DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG CONFLUENCE AXIS
   EXTENDING FROM THE MERIDIAN MS AREA NEWD TO NEAR HUNTSVILLE AL. 
   THIS AXIS SHOULD ADVANCE SLOWLY ESE THROUGH MID MORNING...WHILE
   ATTENDANT STORMS MOVE ENE ALONG IT.  VERY STRONG TO INTENSE DEEP
   WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH NEG TILT TROUGH NOW OVER W TN WILL
   MAINTAIN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL ROTATING STORMS AS THE
   TROUGH CONTINUES NEWD.
   LOW LVL ROTATION/TORNADO THREAT APPEARS GREATEST WHERE THE
   CONFLUENCE AXIS INTERSECTS BELT OF ENHANCED LOW LVL SRH ALONG SRN
   FRINGE OF DIFFUSE WEDGE BOUNDARY.  THIS FEATURE ATTM EXTENDS ROUGHLY
   ESE FROM NEAR TCL/BHM.  GIVEN INTENSITY OF LOW LVL SHEAR...THE
   TORNADO THREAT MAY SPREAD NEWD INTO NW GA LATER THIS
   MORNING...DESPITE MORE PRONOUNCED LAYER OF WEDGE-TYPE AIR THAT
   REMAINS OVER THAT REGION ATTM.
   THE TORNADO THREAT SHOULD SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING AS THE UPR
   TROUGH CONTINUES NEWD...DIMINISHING BOTH LARGE SCALE ASCENT AND DEEP
   WIND FIELD OVER REGION.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25050.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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