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Tornado Watch 44
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WW0044 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   355 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
          FAR WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GULFPORT
   MISSISSIPPI.  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 41...WW 42...WW 43...
   
   DISCUSSION...DIFFUSE WNW-ESE WARM FRONT OVER SRN LA AND THE N CNTRL
   GULF EXPECTED TO CONTINUE REFORMING NWD AS MEAN SSWLY FLOW
   STRENGTHENS ACROSS REGION DOWNSTREAM FROM PROGRESSIVE N TX UPR LOW.
   ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE/WARMING BENEATH
   INCREASING UPR DIVERGENCE SUGGESTS LIKELIHOOD THAT EXISTING
   SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS NOW UPSTREAM FROM WW AREA WILL REMAIN
   STRONG AS THEY MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY NE THROUGH LATE TNGT. THE
   TORNADO THREAT MAY INCREASE LATER TNGT INVOF WARM FRONT OVER SRN
   MS...SRN AL...AND THE FL PANHANDLE...DESPITE TIME OF DAY...AS MID
   LVL FLOW VEERS AND STRENGTHENS IN RESPONSE TO THE CONTINUED ENE
   MOTION OF UPR LOW.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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