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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 130

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

145 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 145 AM UNTIL 900 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 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUSCLE

SHOALS ALABAMA TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 127...WW 128...WW 129...



DISCUSSION...WIND PROFILES SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS WITH LOW-LVL

ROTATION WILL PERSIST/OVERSPREAD WW LATER THIS MORNING ON SERN

FRINGE OF STRONG VORT MAX EJECTING ENE ACROSS NRN AR.  RECOVERING

BOUNDARY LAYER /REF MCD 423/ AND EXISTING SEMI-DISCRETE STORMS W OF

WW FURTHER SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO SVR

WIND/HAIL.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27050.





...CORFIDI

