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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

115 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

  WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

  SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 115 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF BIRMINGHAM

ALABAMA TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 65. WATCH NUMBER 65 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 115

AM CDT.



DISCUSSION...SEGMENTED SQLN/QLCS NOW EXTENDING FROM A CNTRL LA NEWD

TO W CNTRL AL EXPECTED TO ADVANCE SLOWLY EWD THROUGH SUNRISE...WHILE

EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS/SUSTAINED STORMS MOVE MORE RAPIDLY NEWD WITHIN

THE LINE. SFC PRESSURE FALLS CENTERED OVER MIDDLE TN SUGGEST THAT

PRECIP-ENHANCED BOUNDARY NOW OVER CNTRL AL MAY EDGE A BIT NWD OVER

THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ALLOWING SVR THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH NRN PART OF

SQLN TO SPREAD NE TOWARD THE TCL/BHM AREAS. AT THE SAME

TIME...CONFLUENT LWR-LVL FLOW AHEAD OF SQLN MAY SUPPORT NEW...MORE

DISCRETE STORM DEVELOPMENT OVER SRN AL AND POSSIBLY THE WRN FL

PANHANDLE LATER THIS MORNING. STRENGTH OF WIND FIELD /700 MB FLOW

AOA 55 KTS/ AND QUALITY OF MOISTURE RETURN /PW AOA 1.50 INCHES/

SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR SMALL BOWS WITH DMGG WIND...IN ADDITION TO

OCCASIONAL TORNADOES.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.





...CORFIDI

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