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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 73
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1230 AM EST WED MAR 23 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN ALABAMA
          SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1230 AM UNTIL 700 AM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 80 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE
   GEORGIA TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA. FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 72...
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL
   AL.  THESE STORMS ARE IN REGION OF VERY STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR
   PROFILES...BUT ONLY LIMITED INSTABILITY.  STORMS THUS FAR HAVE
   REMAINED GENERALLY SUB-SEVERE. HOWEVER...SLIGHTLY GREATER LOW LEVEL
   MOISTURE VALUES FARTHER EAST SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR
   INTENSIFICATION LATER TONIGHT. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING
   WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREATS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
   
   
   ...HART