ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 199
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
310 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

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

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
SOUTHERN AND EAST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 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 115
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CENTREVILLE ALABAMA TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MC COMB
MISSISSIPPI. 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...CONTINUE...WW 196...WW 197...WW 198...

DISCUSSION...SVR TSTMS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FORMING AND MOVING
ENEWD-NEWD...AHEAD OF PREFRONTAL WIND SHIFT/CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY
MOVING EWD ACROSS CENTRAL/SWRN MS AS OF 20Z. WHILE SOME TORNADO
POTENTIAL EXISTS WITH ISOLATED SWRN MS TSTM INTERACTING WITH
BOUNDARY...PRIND PREDOMINANT THREATS ACROSS BULK OF WW AREA WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS...IN ENVIRONMENT OF FAVORABLE
INSTABILITY BUT SOMEWHAT VEERED SFC WINDS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 25035.

...EDWARDS/THOMPSON
WWWW

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