ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
515 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

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

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 515 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
ROME GEORGIA TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVERGREEN ALABAMA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 17...WW 18...

DISCUSSION...STORMS FROM NRN AL INTO SERN MS HAVE ORGANIZED INTO A
QUASI-LINEAR STRUCTURE WITH EMBEDDED BOW ECHOES/LEWPS AND ISOLATED
SUPERCELLS. ALTHOUGH CONVECTION IS MOVING EAST OF MOISTURE
AXIS...NWD ADVECTION OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INTENSIFIES THIS EVENING OVER ERN AL INTO NWRN
GA. CONTINUED VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL
ENHANCE STORM ORGANIZATION AND INTENSITY WITH POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS TO OCCUR WITH BOW ECHOES...WITH TORNADOES REMAINING
POSSIBLE GIVE THE LARGE CLOCKWISE TURNING LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS.

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 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.

...WEISS

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