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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 3

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

115 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF ALABAMA

       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       PARTS OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 115 AM UNTIL 1000 AM 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 100 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF

BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY

FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 2...



DISCUSSION...IMPRESSIVE UPPER TROUGH ROTATING NEWD ACROSS LWR MS

VALLEY WITH STRONG INFLUX OF MOIST UNSTABLE GULF  AIRMASS.  60-70 KT

OF DEEP SHEAR AND VEERING LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILES SUPPORT A

CONTINUED THREAT OF TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH INTENSE SQUALL LINE

NOW MOVING ACROSS ERN MS INTO WRN AL.



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 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





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