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Wednesday, December 14, 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 896
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
930 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005

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

SOUTHERN ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 930 PM
UNTIL 500 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 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 50 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SLIDELL
LOUISIANA TO 10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MARIANNA FLORIDA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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...POTENT TROUGH MOVING RAPIDLY EWD ACROSS TX WITH
DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW SERN LA. STRONG/VERY FAVORABLE SHEAR
PROFILES IN PLACE AHEAD OF SURFACE LOW VICINITY GULF COAST. WHILE
AIRMASS ONLY MARGINALLY UNSTABLE...GIVEN THE OTHERWISE POTENT
KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT...THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING
WINDS/TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH SQUALL LINE CURRENTLY MOVING EWD
ACROSS SERN LA/SRN MS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.

...HALES

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