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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 141

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1025 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1025 AM UNTIL

600 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 120 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF SELMA

ALABAMA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 140...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MS

WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD.  MEANWHILE...RAPID INFLUX OF LOW

LEVEL MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF PRIMARY SQUALL

LINE...ACROSS PARTS OF AL AND THE FL PANHANDLE.  VERTICAL SHEAR

PROFILES THROUGHOUT THE REGION ARE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND A

FEW TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.





...HART

