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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

730 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF ALABAMA

       PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS

       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

       MISSISSIPPI

       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 730 AM UNTIL 600

PM CST.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...

THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE

POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 140 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF FORT

CAMPBELL KENTUCKY TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS

LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 40...WW 41...WW 42...WW

43...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SEVERE/SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED

TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF

POWERFUL UPPER TROUGH.  STRONG SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS ACROSS

WATCH AREA WILL TRANSPORT GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD.  VERY STRONG

VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL POSE THE

RISK OF STRONG/VIOLENT TORNADOES...AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





...HALES

