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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 195

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

455 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHEAST ALABAMA

       NORTH GEORGIA

       FAR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 455 PM UNTIL

1000 PM 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 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF

CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ROME

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 191...WW 192...WW

193...WW 194...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO FORM IN SAME REGIME SUPPORTING

DISCRETE SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES IN MIDDLE/ERN TN.

ACTIVITY SHOULD BE STRONGEST ALONG WRN FRINGE OF SW/NE BOUNDARY

ASSOCIATED WITH OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER STORMS.



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 23030.





...CORFIDI

