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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 877

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

630 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 630 AM UNTIL 400

PM CDT.



TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 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 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 876. WATCH NUMBER 876 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

630 AM CDT.



DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN

THIS REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN ASSOCIATION WITH MINI

SUPERCELLS EMBEDDED WITHIN RAINBANDS MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE

CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WHERE LARGE LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS EXIST.



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

TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI

WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 12050.





...DIAL

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