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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

845 PM CST THU JAN 4 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA

       SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 845 PM

UNTIL 400 AM CST.



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 85 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

MC COMB MISSISSIPPI TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 1...



DISCUSSION...INTENSE MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH NOW APPROACHING THE

LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ONE OR MORE LINES OF

THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING EWD ACROSS WW OVERNIGHT.  LOW LEVEL SHEAR

WILL REMAIN QUITE STRONG WITHIN FEED OF SEASONABLY MOIST MARINE AIR

OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO.  CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR A

THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25025.





...EVANS

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