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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

125 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       FAR SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 125 AM UNTIL 700 AM 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 70 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATON

ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 41...WW 42...WW 43...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE EARLY THIS

MORNING...POSSIBLY AIDED BY SUBTLE SRN STREAM IMPULSE TRANSLATING

INTO THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY.  AIR MASS IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND

STRONGLY SHEARED AHEAD OF SURFACE COLD FRONT NOW PUSHING ACROSS

CENTRAL LA.  PRE-FRONTAL DEVELOPMENT NEAR NEW AT 07Z SHOULD CONTINUE

INTENSIFYING WITH ATTENDANT THREAT OF TORNADOES AS IT MOVES NEWD

OVERNIGHT.  OTHER STORMS MAY STILL FORM NEAR THE SURFACE FRONT AS IT

CONTINUES ESEWD...WITH SVR THREAT ENDING BEHIND THIS FRONT.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...EVANS

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