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Tornado Watch 89
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Initial List of Counties in Watch 89 (WOU)
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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89...CORRECTED
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   205 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006
   
   CORRECTED FOR   STANDARD TIME VS DAYLIGHT TIME
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA
          PARTS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
          MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL 800
   PM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE
   TENNESSEE TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 87...WW 88...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN A
   MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.  PRESENCE OF 50-60 KT OF DEEP LAYER
   SHEAR AND VEERING WIND PROFILES WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. 
   WHILE LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT...A FEW TORNADOES
   ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HALES
   
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