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WWUS20 KWNS 191659
SEL6
SPC WW 191700
ALZ000-FLZ000-MSZ000-200000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 866
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1200 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

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

SOUTHERN ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM NOON UNTIL 700
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 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON
MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA.

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 865...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY
OVER WATCH AREA. WITH A VERY MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND MDT-STG
SHEAR PROFILES...CONDITIONS FAVOR DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. LOW LCL'S AND 20-30KT OF SFC-1 KM SHEAR PROVIDE A
THREAT OF TORNADOES WITH ANY SUPERCELL THAT DEVELOPS.

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.


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