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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 798

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

755 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 755 PM

UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 795...WW 796...WW 797...



DISCUSSION...STRONG TO SVR CLUSTERS OF PULSE/WEAKLY ROTATING STORMS

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FORWARD PROPAGATING GENERALLY S OR SSW INTO

PARTS OF MS AND AL THROUGH LATER TONIGHT.



AVIATION...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 35025.





...CORFIDI

