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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 72
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   650 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALABAMA
          EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM
   UNTIL 200 AM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA TO 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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 67...WW 68...WW 69...WW
   70...WW 71...
   
   DISCUSSION...ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING
   OVER EASTERN MS.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
   AND SPREAD EASTWARD INTO AL DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  THIS
   REGION IS BENEATH 80KT MID LEVEL SPEED MAX...WITH AT LEAST MARGINAL
   INSTABILITY PRESENT.  LARGE HAIL APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT. 
   HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
   
   
   ...HART