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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 118

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

505 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

       WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 505 PM

UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 117...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER S CNTRL AL DURING THE

NEXT FEW HOURS AS SLOW DESTABILIZATION CONTINUES IN WAKE OF EARLIER

ELEVATED STORMS...AND E OF ACCELERATING COLD FRONT/PRE-FRONTAL

TROUGHS NOW INVOF THE MS/AL BORDER.  GRADUALLY STRENGTHENING DEEP

SHEAR...RICH LOW LVL MOISTURE...AND INCREASING LARGE SCALE UVV

TOGETHER SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS.

THESE WILL POSE A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND...AND...ESPECIALLY

NEAR OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LEFT BY EARLIER STORMS /REF MCD

401/...TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.





...CORFIDI

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