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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 732

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

550 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA

       NORTHERN GEORGIA

       EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 550 AM UNTIL NOON CDT.



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 45 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF MERIDIAN

MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES NORTH OF ATHENS GEORGIA.  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 731...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS HAVE INCREASED IN THE PAST HOUR OR SO ALONG

PREFRONTAL CONFLUENCE ZONE IN CNTRL AL/NRN G /REF MCD

2016/...POSSIBLY REFLECTING INCREASED ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH

APPARENT UPR IMPULSE OVER REGION.  STRENGTH OF WIND FIELD...SOMEWHAT

CURVED LOW-LVL HODOGRAPHS INVOF CONFLUENCE AND ALONG STNRY FRONT

FARTHER N...AND LOW LCLS SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STORMS WITH

LOW-LVL ROTATION/POSSIBLE TORNADOES.



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 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...CORFIDI

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