Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 88
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
455 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

CENTRAL ALABAMA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 455 AM UNTIL NOON CDT.

HAIL TO 1.5 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 70
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES WEST OF
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 84. WATCH NUMBER 84 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT
AFTER 455 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 86...WW 87...

DISCUSSION...DESPITE ONLY MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND FAIRLY STABLE
BOUNDARY LAYER...STRONG SHEAR AND DEEP ASCENT WILL CONTINUE TO FORCE
STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AL THIS MORNING. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS.
HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY INCREASE TOWARDS
THE LATE MORNING AND SOME OF THESE COUNTIES MAY NEED TO BE INCLUDED
IN A TORNADO WATCH AT A LATER TIME.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...EVANSWWWW

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