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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

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 117
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
805 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

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

NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN GEORGIA
FAR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 805 PM
UNTIL 200 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 65 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUSCLE
SHOALS ALABAMA TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CROSSVILLE
TENNESSEE. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 113. WATCH NUMBER 113 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 805 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 111...WW 112...WW 114...WW
115...WW 116...

DISCUSSION...EXTENSIVE QLCS NOW OVER SRN KS/W TN EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE ESEWD. AMPLE DEEP SHEAR NOW PRESENT FOR EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS MAY STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY THIS EVENING AS MAIN MID LEVEL
SPEED NOW OVER SRN MO CONTINUES EWD AND GLANCES WW REGION.
INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW LEVEL WSWLY FLOW...DIMINISHING TEMP-DEW POINT
SPREADS WITH SUNSET...AND CONTINUING PRESENCE OF WEAK N-S ORIENTED
WARM FRONT /NOW NEAR CSV/ TO SUPPORT DISCRETE CELL DEVELOPMENT
SUGGEST SOME THREAT FOR TORNADOES. ONE OR TWO SPIN-UP TYPE
TORNADOES MAY ALSO FORM ALONG MAIN SQLN.

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 28030.


...CORFIDI

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