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Sunday, July 10, 2005

ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

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SPC WW 100857
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 630
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
355 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

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

SOUTHERN ALABAMA
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 355 AM UNTIL 200
PM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MOBILE
ALABAMA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 629. WATCH NUMBER 629 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 355
AM CDT.

DISCUSSION...INTENSE HURRICANE DENNIS WILL CONTINUE NWWD
TODAY...WITH LANDFALL EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON ALONG THE AL COAST.
IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM CORE...RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO
OVERSPREAD SRN AL/SW GA/FL PANHANDLE DURING THE DAY. LOW-LEVEL
SHEAR WILL INCREASE TODAY ACROSS SRN AL/FL PANHANDLE AS THE
HURRICANE APPROACHES...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF RAIN BAND SUPERCELLS
AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES. GIVEN THE LACK OF ANY PRONOUNCED
BAROCLINIC ZONES NEAR THE NE GULF COAST...AND THE DEEP TROPICAL
ENVELOPE AROUND THE STORM CORE...TORNADO PRODUCTION IN THE OUTER
BANDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN RATHER SPORADIC AND UNFOCUSED.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 16040.

...THOMPSON

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