ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 87...CORRECTED
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
145 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

CORRECTED FOR TIME ZONE CST

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

ALABAMA
FLORIDA
LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL
900 PM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF BATON
ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 86...WW 87...

DISCUSSION...VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS MOVING NWD THRU WATCH AREA
AS WIND SHEAR PROFILES ARE NOW VERY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP AS CAP WEAKENS FURTHER
ACROSS WATCH WITH TORNADIC SUPERCELLS TO BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY
TOWARD EVENING. POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT TORNADOS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...HALES

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