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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 144
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   110 AM CDT MON APR 3 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN ALABAMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 110 AM UNTIL 700 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 50 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUSCLE SHOALS
   ALABAMA TO 55 MILES NORTHEAST 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...CONTINUE...WW 140...WW 141...WW 142...WW
   143...
   
   DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF STORMS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS EXPECTED
   TO CONTINUE SHIFTING SEWD INTO NRN AL OVERNIGHT.  DEEP LAYER SHEAR
   REMAINS QUITE STRONG AND VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR EVIDENT ON AREA
   VWPS WILL LIKEWISE SUPPORT A THREAT OF TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29035.
   
   
   ...EVANS