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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 62

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

530 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 530 AM UNTIL 100

PM 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 75 STATUTE

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

 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 61...



DISCUSSION...AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOISTEN THIS MORNING AIDING

IN SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION TO MAINTAIN EASTWARD MOVING SQUALL

LINE INTO SOUTHEASTERN MS...SOUTHWESTERN AL AND THE WRN FL

PANHANDLE.  INCREASING SLY LOW LEVEL WINDS COMBINED WITH STRONG FLOW

ALOFT WILL SUPPORT DEEP LAYER AND LOW LEVEL SHEAR FAVORABLE FOR

ROTATING UPDRAFTS AND AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AND

DAMAGING WIND.



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 23050.





...PETERS/CORFIDI

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