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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1240 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

       SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

       PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

       LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL

800 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

MONTICELLO ARKANSAS TO 5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY

ALABAMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 37...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND S OF

E/W THERMAL BOUNDARY FROM SERN AR TO CENTRAL AL.  AS AIR MASS HAS

BECOME MDTLY UNSTABLE AND SHEAR REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR

SUPERCELLS...TORNADO THREAT EXPECTED TO INCREASE REMAINDER OF THE

AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO POTENTIAL WITH ANY

SUPERCELL...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH

STRONGEST STORMS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.





...HALES

