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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

725 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

       EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 725 AM UNTIL NOON CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

BOOTHVILLE LOUISIANA TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.

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...CONTINUE...WW 45...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED BOWS AND

SUPERCELLS WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS

MORNING. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING

THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  A TRANSITION TO A MORE WIDESPREAD WIND

DAMAGE THREAT IS EXPECTED BY MID MORNING.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...HART

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