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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 613
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   245 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHEAST ALABAMA
          NORTHWEST GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
   700 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF ANNISTON ALABAMA
   TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTA GEORGIA.  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 611...WW 612...
   
   DISCUSSION...CENTER OF CINDY WILL CONTINUE LIFTING NEWD ACROSS
   CENTRAL AL THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG A PSEUDO WARM FRONT EXTENDING NWWD
   INTO CENTRAL GA.  THIS BOUNDARY MAY LIFT NWD INTO OR NEAR THE ATL
   METRO BY THE EARLY EVENING WITHIN REGION OF STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE
   FALLS. A WARM AND VERY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER WILL CONTINUE
   SUPPORTING SUPERCELLS AS BOTH LOW AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR REMAINS
   IMPRESSIVE.  TORNADOES WILL BE A DISTINCT THREAT...ESPECIALLY NEAR
   THE SURFACE FRONT AND INVOF CIRCULATION CENTER.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.
   
   
   ...EVANS