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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 214
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   240 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALABAMA
          SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 240 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.
   
   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 75 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MC COMB
   MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GADSDEN ALABAMA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 213. WATCH NUMBER 213 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 240
   AM CDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERAL LINES/CLUSTERS OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
   ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MID MORNING.  RICH LOW
   LEVEL MOISTURE...SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY...AND STRONG LOW LEVEL
   VERTICAL SHEAR WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
   WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
   
   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