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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 895

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1200 PM CST TUE NOV 22 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

       EASTERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM NOON UNTIL 500 PM 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 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SELMA

ALABAMA.  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.



DISCUSSION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MS HAS INTENSIFIED

AND ACCELERATED DURING THE PAST HOUR...AND WILL TRACK ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND

MESOSCALE ORGANIZATION OF LINE WILL POSE A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS.

 ALSO...ISOLATED DISCRETE CELLS FORMING AHEAD OF THE LINE MAY BECOME

SUPERCELLULAR WITH A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS OR ISOLATED TORNADOES.



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 26035.





...HART

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