ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 809
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
955 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005

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

EXTREME SOUTHERN ALABAMA
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA
EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 955 AM UNTIL 600 PM
CDT.

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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE
ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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.

DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR MINI-SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF THE CNTRL
GULF CST REGION AS HEATING DESTABILIZES NERN QUARTER OF CIRCULATION
OF HRCN "RITA." 50 KT 0-1 KM SHEAR AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S
SUGGEST POTENTIAL ALREADY PRESENT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. THREAT
MAY ALSO EXTEND E/NE ALONG LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE BAND INTO SRN AL.

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 13035.

...CORFIDI

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