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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1000 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

       EASTERN LOUISIANA

       MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI

       SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM

UNTIL 500 AM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF MUSCLE

SHOALS ALABAMA TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.

 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 36...WW 37...WW 39...WW

40...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE MS RIVER WILL

TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF MS AND AL THROUGH THE LATE EVENING

AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS

LINE...WHILE ISOLATED CELLS AHEAD OF THE LINE CONTINUE TO POSE A

RISK OF HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...HART

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