660
WWUS20 KWNS 302222
SEL6
SPC WW 302222
ALZ000-MSZ000-310600-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 786
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
520 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 520 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF GADSDEN
ALABAMA TO 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN ALABAMA. 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...CONTINUE...WW 785...
DISCUSSION...NNE/SSW PRE-FRONTAL BAND OF TSTMS/SHOWERS NOW EXTENDING
FROM NW AL TO SE MS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SLOWLY EWD. FARTHER
E...MORE ISOLD ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR AWHILE ALONG
CONFLUENCE ZONE OVER WRN AL. ONSET OF DIURNAL COOLING ULTIMATELY
SHOULD DIMINISH SVR THREAT. BUT POTENTIAL FOR STORMS/SHOWERS WITH
STRONG LOW LVL ROTATION/POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE GIVEN
STRENGTH OF LOW LVL WIND FIELD/SHEAR AND RICH LOW LVL
MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY INVOF STALLED BACK-DOOR BOUNDARY IN CNTRL AL.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.
...CORFIDI
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