WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 535

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 535
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
205 PM CDT TUE SEP 24 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF SELMA ALABAMA TO 60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PINE
BELT MISSISSIPPI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

&&

DISCUSSION...SW-NE SQLN IN S CNTRL/SE MS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MAINLY
EWD. STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY UPLIFT ALONG EXISTING
COLD POOL ...WHERE CONVERGENCE WILL BE MAXIMIZED BETWEEN
DOWNWARD-TRANSPORTED 30-35 KT WLY POST-SQLN FLOW AND SE LOW-LVL
WINDS AHEAD OF THE LINE. VERY MOIST LOW-LVL ENVIRONMENT...CONTINUED
SFC HEATING AHEAD OF THE LINE...AND CONFLUENCE ALONG DIFFUSE WARM
FRONT TO ITS EAST SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED LOW AMPLITUDE
BOWS/LEWPS WITH LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.

AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 26030.


...CORFIDI

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