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Tuesday, October 19, 2004

ABC 33/40 EWARN: SEL7

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :


WWUS20 KWNS 192031
SEL7
SPC WW 192030
ALZ000-MSZ000-200200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 867
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
330 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

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

CENTRAL ALABAMA
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL 900
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 45 MILES WEST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 50
MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 865. WATCH NUMBER 865 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 330
PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 866...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
NCENTRAL MS INTO WRN AL IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACH OF MID LEVEL JET
MAX AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS. SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE 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 26030.


...HALES

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