ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 858
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
955 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

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

SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
MUCH OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 955 AM UNTIL
900 PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 145 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
CENTREVILLE ALABAMA TO 100 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BOOTHVILLE
LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 853...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 854. WATCH NUMBER 853 854
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 955 AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 857...

DISCUSSION...AS VERY STRONG JET ROTATES ACROSS THE GULF COAST THIS
AFTERNOON...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND
INTENSITY. STRONG VEERING SHEAR PROFILES COUPLED WITH MDTLY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS SUPPORTS TORNADIC SUPERCELLS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE
LINES OF STORMS CURRENTLY ONGOING AND ADDITIONAL MORE DISCRETE
STORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WARM SECTOR.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...HALES
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