WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 877

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 877
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
630 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

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

SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 630 AM UNTIL 400
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 876. WATCH NUMBER 876 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
630 AM CDT.

DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN
THIS REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN ASSOCIATION WITH MINI
SUPERCELLS EMBEDDED WITHIN RAINBANDS MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE
CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WHERE LARGE LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS EXIST.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 12050.

...DIAL

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