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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 94

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

125 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA

       WESTERN GEORGIA

       SOUTHERN TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 125 AM UNTIL 900 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 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF MONTGOMERY 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 93...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN SQLN WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE

STEADILY EWD ...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVE RAPIDLY NNE ALONG IT.

INCREASING LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE...AND STRENGTHENING WIND FIELD ON ERN

SIDE OF EJECTING OK/AR TROUGH...WILL CREATE ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE

FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AND NARROW SWATHS OF DAMAGING WIND THROUGH

LATER THIS MORNING.



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 21045.





...CORFIDI

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