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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 63

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

435 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

       SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 435 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

ROME GEORGIA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.  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 58...WW 59...WW 60...WW

61...WW 62...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING ACROSS

SOUTHERN AL IN A MOIST AND STRONGLY SHEARED AIR MASS.  LOW LEVEL

VERTICAL SHEAR WILL STRENGTHEN EVEN FURTHER TONIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL

JET INTENSIFIES...WITH A RISK OF SUPERCELLS AND BOW ECHOES.

DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREAT.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





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