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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1240 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL
800 PM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES 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 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
MONTICELLO ARKANSAS TO 5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY
ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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 37...
DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND S OF
E/W THERMAL BOUNDARY FROM SERN AR TO CENTRAL AL. AS AIR MASS HAS
BECOME MDTLY UNSTABLE AND SHEAR REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS...TORNADO THREAT EXPECTED TO INCREASE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO POTENTIAL WITH ANY
SUPERCELL...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH
STRONGEST STORMS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.
...HALES
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