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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 7
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   455 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALABAMA
          SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
          SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 455 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
   OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA TO 55 MILES
   WEST SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA.
   
   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 6. WATCH NUMBER 6 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 455 PM
   CST. CONTINUE...WW 7...
   
   
   DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND
   EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG VERY SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE BAND EXTENDING
   FROM NEAR LFT NE TO W OF BHM. WHILE STRONGEST PRESSURE FALLS WILL
   PROBABLY CONTINUE TO MOVE NWD INTO THE TN/OH VLY REGION AND BEYOND
   SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY AXIS IN WW AREA DURING THE NEXT 3-4
   HRS...SATELLITE DATA SUGGEST PRESENCE OF UPSTREAM HIGH LEVEL IMPULSE
   WHICH MAY ENHANCE SHEAR/UPLIFT OVER THE CNTRL GULF CST REGION LATER
   THIS EVENING.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI