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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

405 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA

       NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

       PART OF MIDDLE INTO EASTERN TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 405 AM UNTIL 1000 AM 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 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 43. WATCH NUMBER 43 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 405

AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 41...WW 42...WW 44...WW 45...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SMALL

BOWING SEGMENTS AND SUPERCELLS...WILL CONTINUE EAST ACROSS WW THIS

MORNING.  ISOLATED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT AHEAD OF

THIS LINE...AND THIS TREND WILL ALSO LIKELY CONTINUE.  ASIDE FROM

THREAT OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL

ALSO ACCOMPANY STRONGER STORMS.



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 23040.





...EVANS

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