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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
405 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
PART OF MIDDLE INTO EASTERN TENNESSEE
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 405 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CST.
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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF 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…THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 43. WATCH NUMBER 43 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 405 AM CST. CONTINUE…WW 41…WW 42…WW 44…WW 45…
DISCUSSION…BROKEN LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS…INCLUDING SMALL BOWING SEGMENTS AND SUPERCELLS…WILL CONTINUE EAST ACROSS WW THIS MORNING. ISOLATED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT AHEAD OF THIS LINE…AND THIS TREND WILL ALSO LIKELY CONTINUE. ASIDE FROM THREAT OF TORNADOES…DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY STRONGER STORMS.
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 23040.
..EVANS
Counties included in the tornado watch…Bibb, Blount, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston Counties…
And…Autauga, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery, Randolph, Talladega and Tallapoosa Counties.
Lamar and Marion Counties have been cleared.
