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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 96

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

530 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       EASTERN LOUISIANA

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 530 PM

UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 120 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF

EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF HOUMA LOUISIANA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 91...WW 93...WW 94...WW

95...



DISCUSSION...SRN FRINGES OF QLCS IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ACROSS THE

REGION AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES EWD THIS EVENING.  STRONG

PRESSURE FALLS DOWNSTREAM WILL RESULT IN ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL RESPONSE

WITH THREAT FOR TORNADOES WITH ANY EMBEDDED ROTATING STRUCTURES

EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LINE.  OTHERWISE...BOWS/LEWPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 26040.





...RACY

