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Friday, September 21, 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 683
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1010 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007

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

SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1010 PM
UNTIL 600 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY
ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 679...WW 681...WW 682...

DISCUSSION...SCTD BANDS OF SHOWERS/STORMS WITH LOW-LVL ROTATION
EXPECTED TO PERSIST INVOF WEAKENING TROPICAL CIRCULATION NOW
CENTERED NEAR PNS AS ASSOCIATED SLY LLJ SPREADS N ACROSS AL. AREA
VWP DATA IN ERN AND NERN PARTS OF CIRCULATION SHOW SUFFICIENT LOW
LVL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR TO FOSTER UPDRAFT ROTATION AND POSSIBLE BRIEF
TORNADOES GIVEN LOW LCLS PRESENT THERE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 17030.


...CORFIDI

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