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Saturday, March 26, 2005

ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 92
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
845 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

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

MUCH OF ALABAMA
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 845 PM UNTIL
400 AM CST.

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

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GADSDEN ALABAMA
TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 87...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 90. WATCH
NUMBER 87 90 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 845 PM CST. CONTINUE...WW
89...WW 91...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS...INCLUDING A FEW WITH POSSIBLE STRONG
TORNADOES...EXPECTED TO FOCUS INVOF WSW/ENE WARM FRONT LIFTING N
THROUGH SRN/CNTRL AL. OTHER CELLS MAY PERSIST WITHIN WARM
SECTOR...AND N OF FRONT...WHERE AMPLE SHEAR/INSTABILITY WILL EXIST
FOR HAIL/HIGH WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

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 24035.

...CORFIDI

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