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Friday, January 14, 2005

ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WWUS20 KWNS 131645
SEL1
SPC WW 131645
ALZ000-FLZ000-CWZ000-132200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 11
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

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

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1045 AM UNTIL
400 PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE GEORGIA TO 30
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.

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 9. WATCH NUMBER 9 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1045 AM
CST. CONTINUE...WW 10...

DISCUSSION...THREAT WILL EXIST FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS WITH SUPERCELLS EMBEDDED IN SQUALL LINE NOW OVER CNTRL
AL/SE MS. MODEST SURFACE HEATING AND LINGERING PRESENCE OF MODERATE
TO STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN POTENTIAL FOR LOW
LEVEL STORM ROTATION DESPITE SLOW WEAKENING OF DEEP SSWLY WIND
FIELD.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21040.


...CORFIDI

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