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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1055 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1055 PM

UNTIL 500 AM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 85 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

MOBILE ALABAMA TO 5 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE GEORGIA.

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 63...WW 64...WW 65...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE

FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS ACROSS PARTS OF MS/AL AHEAD OF APPROACHING

FRONT.  VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY STRONG FOR

SOME RISK OF TORNADOES...ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





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