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SPC WW 261717

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 62

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

115 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       LARGE PART OF ALABAMA

       A LARGE PART OF WESTERN GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL

900 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 85 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF

MOULTRIE GEORGIA TO 40 MILES WEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AS AIR MASS HAS BECOME MDTLY UNSTABLE IN A

FAVORABLE SHEAR ENVIRONMENT FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.  SEVERE

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY INCLUDING TORNADIC SUPERCELLS THRU THE

AFTERNOON AS STORMS DEVELOP ALONG AND S OF E/W FRONTAL ZONE THRU NRN

AL INTO CENTRAL GA.  THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A STRONG TORNADO

BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...HALES

