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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 947

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

805 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN ALABAMA

       FAR SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

       WESTERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 805 PM

UNTIL 300 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 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS

MISSISSIPPI.  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...CONTINUE...WW 946...



DISCUSSION...DEEP CONVERGENCE ALONG WRN EDGE OF STG LOW LEVEL JET

CONTINUES TO FOCUS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW DISCRETE

SUPERCELLS...OVER PORTIONS MS THIS EVENING.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL

SHIFT EWD INTO WRN AL THROUGH THE EVENING/EARLY NIGHT TIME HOURS AND

SUPPORT RISKS OF ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS...AS LOW

LEVEL SHEAR REMAINS INTENSE.



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 26035.





...EVANS

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