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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 119

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

955 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS

       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM

UNTIL 500 AM 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 60

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST

OF GADSDEN ALABAMA TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF EL DORADO

ARKANSAS.  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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 114. WATCH NUMBER 114 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT

AFTER 955 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 115...WW 116...WW 117...WW 118...



DISCUSSION...SQLN WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS SHOULD CONTINUE

SEWD...WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR HAIL/HIGH WIND AS STRONG WLY MID

LVL SPEED MAX CONTINUES E ACROSS THE MID MS VLY.



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 28040.





...CORFIDI

