ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 90
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
605 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

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

CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY EVENING FROM 605 PM UNTIL 900 PM CST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF
TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 40 MILES EAST OF ANNISTON ALABAMA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 87...WW 88...WW 89...

DISCUSSION...LEFT-MOVING SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SPREADING
FAIRLY RAPIDLY NEWD ACROSS AL...WHERE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE TO MOISTEN FROM S TO N AT A SOMEWHAT SLOWER RATE. AMPLE
SHEAR WILL EXIST FOR STORM SUSTENANCE...THUS EXPECT A CONTINUED
THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY HIGH WIND. AREA WILL COME UNDER
AN INCREASING THREAT FOR TORNADOES LATER THIS EVENING...AND A NEW WW
WILL PROBABLY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF AL AND ADJACENT STATES AT
THAT TIME.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 23035.

...CORFIDI

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