Wednesday, October 27, 2010

WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 732

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 732
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
550 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN GEORGIA
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 550 AM UNTIL NOON CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 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 45 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF MERIDIAN
MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES NORTH OF ATHENS GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 731...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS HAVE INCREASED IN THE PAST HOUR OR SO ALONG
PREFRONTAL CONFLUENCE ZONE IN CNTRL AL/NRN G /REF MCD
2016/...POSSIBLY REFLECTING INCREASED ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH
APPARENT UPR IMPULSE OVER REGION. STRENGTH OF WIND FIELD...SOMEWHAT
CURVED LOW-LVL HODOGRAPHS INVOF CONFLUENCE AND ALONG STNRY FRONT
FARTHER N...AND LOW LCLS SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STORMS WITH
LOW-LVL ROTATION/POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...CORFIDI

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