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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WWUS20 KWNS 040254
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SPC WW 040254
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 119
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
955 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

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

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM
UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GADSDEN ALABAMA TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF EL DORADO
ARKANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 114. WATCH NUMBER 114 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT
AFTER 955 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 115...WW 116...WW 117...WW 118...

DISCUSSION...SQLN WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS SHOULD CONTINUE
SEWD...WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR HAIL/HIGH WIND AS STRONG WLY MID
LVL SPEED MAX CONTINUES E ACROSS THE MID MS VLY.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28040.


...CORFIDI

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