ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 236
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1050 PM CDT FRI APR 21 2006

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

SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1050 PM
UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...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 45 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE
ALABAMA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 235...

DISCUSSION...E/W CONVERGENCE ZONE ACROSS SWRN AL/FL PANHANDLE FOCUS
FOR INCREASING THUNDERSTORMS AS MID LEVEL TROUGH AND UPPER WIND MAX
APPROACH. FAVORABLE VEERING SHEAR PROFILES AND MLCAPES IS EXCESS OF
2000 J/KG TORNADIC SUPERCELLS POSSIBLE AS ACTIVITY GRADUALLY
DEVELOPS EWD FL PANHANDLE.

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 24030.

...HALES

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