ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 810
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
510 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005

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

EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA
SOUTHERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 510 PM
UNTIL 600 AM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF LAKE CHARLES
LOUISIANA TO 30 MILES EAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA. 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 809. WATCH NUMBER 809 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 510
PM CDT.

DISCUSSION...HRCN RITA CONTINUES TO MOVE WNWWD TOWARD THE LA/TX
COAST AND WILL BE LOCATED VERY NEAR SHORE LATE TONIGHT. LOW-LEVEL
SHEAR PROFILES CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS SRN LA EWD TO SWRN AL.
SPIRAL RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE ONSHORE THROUGH THE
NIGHT...PARTICULARLY ACROSS SRN AND PARTS OF CNTRL LA WITH EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

THE FORECAST MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS AND MEAN CELL MOTION APPLY TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OUTSIDE THE HURRICANE EYEWALL.

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 13035.

...RACY/EVANS

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