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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 865
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
905 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 905 AM UNTIL 400
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF AUBURN ALABAMA TO
45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI.

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.

DISCUSSION...VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH LITTLE CAPPING
THIS AM ACROSS MS/AL. WITH 30-35 KT OF SFC-1KM SHEAR AND PRONOUNCED
UPPER DIFFLUENCE...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND
TORNADOES. STORMS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS WATCH AREA.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.


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