ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 31
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
435 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

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

SOUTHERN ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 435 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF PANAMA
CITY FLORIDA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MOBILE ALABAMA. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 30...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS OVER LA/MS WILL TRACK
EASTWARD THIS EVENING...WHILE DEEPENING SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS
NORTHEASTWARD INTO CENTRAL AL. VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR
PROFILES ARE IN PLACE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...BUT RICH GULF MOISTURE
HAS YET TO MOVE INLAND OVER AL. THIS SHOULD CHANGE THROUGH THE
EVENING AS SURFACE WINDS BECOME SOUTHERLY IN WARM SECTOR.
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
THROUGH AT LEAST 05Z.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.

...HART

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