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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 859

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

740 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL ALABAMA

       WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 740 PM

UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 50 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

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 858...



DISCUSSION...RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH T.S. FAY WILL CONTINUE TO

ROTATE WITH CELLS SHIFTING EWD ACROSS THIS REGION OVERNIGHT.  LOW

LEVEL HELICITY  REMAINS MAXIMIZED OVER THE AREA AND WILL SUPPORT A

THREAT OF BRIEF TORNADOES FROM SEMI-DISCRETE CELLS...DESPITE LITTLE

OR NO LIGHTNING.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

300. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 09035.





...EVANS

