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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 134

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

340 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALABAMA

       NORTHERN GEORGIA

       FAR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL

1000 PM EDT.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANNISTON

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 131...WW 132...WW 133...



DISCUSSION...INTENSE MID/UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED JETS WILL

CONTINUE TO FOCUS OUTBREAK OF SUPERCELLS EWD ACROSS WW THIS EVENING.

 VERY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE FOR LARGE...DAMAGING HAIL ALONG

WITH POTENTIAL FOR LONG-TRACKED/DAMAGING TORNADOES.  TORNADO THREAT

WILL BE ENHANCED ALONG AND SOUTH OF WEDGE SURFACE FRONT OVER GA/AL

COUNTIES WITHIN WW.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...EVANS

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