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Saturday, June 30, 2007

ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WWUS20 KWNS 301708
SEL5
SPC WW 301708
ALZ000-MSZ000-010000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 465
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1210 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

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

CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1210 PM UNTIL
700 PM CDT.

HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 95
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES EAST OF ANNISTON
ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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.

DISCUSSION...SCTD PULSE STORMS WITH A POTENTIAL FOR WET MICROBURSTS
AND HAIL EXPECTED IN WW THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE STEEP LOW LVL LAPSE
RATES ARE DEVELOPING IN ZONE OF WEAK FLOW/HI PWS. STORMS SHOULD
TEND TO CLUSTER...WITH THE ACTIVITY TENDING TO MOVE/DEVELOP SLOWLY
ESE WITH TIME.

AVIATION...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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 28010.


...CORFIDI

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