Tornado Watch 756

Issued

Aug 29, 2005, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)

Expired

Aug 29, 2005, 6:35 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 2113Aug 29, 3:23 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2114Aug 29, 5:42 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2115Aug 29, 6:12 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 292026
SEL6  
SPC WW 292026
ALZ000-GAZ000-300500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 756
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
325 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

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

       NORTHERN ALABAMA
       NORTHWEST GEORGIA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM 325 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUSCLE SHOALS
ALABAMA TO 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTA GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 755...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELL TORNADO THREAT IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NWD
THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA MOVE NWD
ACROSS CENTRAL/ERN MS. SURFACE ANALYSES REVEAL A FEED OF RELATIVELY
WARM/MOIST AIR FROM THE ESE FROM CENTRAL AL/GA TOWARD NRN
AL/GA...ALONG AND JUST N OF AN E-W SURFACE TROUGH.  VERTICAL SHEAR
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE NWD ACROSS AL/GA THROUGH THE
EVENING...SUPPORTING AN INCREASING TORNADO THREAT WITH DISCRETE
STORMS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 16050.


...THOMPSON

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