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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

850 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

       CENTRAL GEORGIA

       SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

       PIEDMONT AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 850 AM UNTIL 400

PM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOBILE

ALABAMA TO 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA.

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...TSTMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING ALONG PRE-FRONTAL

AXIS OF CONFLUENCE AS REGION IS GLANCED BY SE SIDE OF

POTENT...AMPLIFYING IL UPR TROUGH..  WHILE STORMS TO THIS POINT HAVE

BEEN SOMEWHAT ELEVATED...ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO BECOME INCREASINGLY

SFC-BASED.  GIVEN STRENGTH OF LOW TO MID LVL WIND FIELD AND ONSET OF

DAYTIME HEATING...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS/BOWS

WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR TORNADOES AND SWATHS OF DMGG WIND.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26050.





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