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Tornado Watch 854
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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 854
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   400 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 400 AM UNTIL NOON CST.
   
   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 65 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA
   FLORIDA.  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 850...WW 851...WW
   852...WW 853...
   
   DISCUSSION...NE/SW BAND OF SUPERCELLS ALONG CONFLUENCE ZONE IN SE
   LA/SE MS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SLOWLY EWD THROUGH THE MORNING AS
   BOUNDARY LAYER CONTINUES TO SLOWLY RECOVER NWD INTO SRN AL...AND
   NEWD INTO W CNTRL AL.  WHILE UPR LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BACK
   SLIGHTLY AS STRONG SRN PLNS TROUGH CONTINUES EWD...STRENGTHENING
   WIND FIELD AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LIKELY WILL EXTEND
   TORNADO THEAT EWD INTO AL AND THE FL PANHANDLE THROUGH MIDDAY.
   
   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 23040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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