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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 95

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1250 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       PARTS OF WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

       PARTS OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL

800 PM CDT.



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 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARIANNA FLORIDA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 92. WATCH NUMBER 92 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1250

PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 93...WW 94...



DISCUSSION...WITH 50-60KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR COUPLED WITH MLCAPE

AOA 2500 J/KG...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE AHEAD OF COLD FRONT

FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS THRU THE AFTERNOON.  STORMS WILL DEVELOP EWD

INTO FL PANHANDLE BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON



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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





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