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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

515 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA

       NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 515 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

ROME GEORGIA TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVERGREEN ALABAMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 17...WW 18...



DISCUSSION...STORMS FROM NRN AL INTO SERN MS HAVE ORGANIZED INTO A

QUASI-LINEAR STRUCTURE WITH EMBEDDED BOW ECHOES/LEWPS AND ISOLATED

SUPERCELLS.  ALTHOUGH CONVECTION IS MOVING EAST OF MOISTURE

AXIS...NWD ADVECTION OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INTENSIFIES THIS EVENING OVER ERN AL INTO NWRN

GA.  CONTINUED VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL

ENHANCE STORM ORGANIZATION AND INTENSITY WITH POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING

WIND GUSTS TO  OCCUR WITH BOW ECHOES...WITH TORNADOES REMAINING

POSSIBLE GIVE THE LARGE CLOCKWISE TURNING LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.





...WEISS

