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Tornado Watch 33
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WW0033 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 33
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   315 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
          SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CST.
   
   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 60 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 155 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SELMA
   ALABAMA TO 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SELMA ALABAMA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 32...
   
   DISCUSSION...A NUMBER OF SUPERCELLS ARE IN PROGRESS THIS AFTERNOON
   OVER SRN MS WITHIN A NARROW WARM SECTOR...BOUNDED BY A LONG-LIVED
   QLCS TO THE NORTH AND WEST...AND A WARM FRONT SLOWLY PROGRESSING
   ENEWD THROUGH SERN MS INTO SWRN AL.  THE WARM SECTOR AIR MASS IS
   CHARACTERIZED BY BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS IN THE MID/UPPER 60S AND
   STRONG LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WHICH WILL SUPPORT AN
   INCREASING RISK FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA
   THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING.
   
   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 400.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...MEAD
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