Tornado Watch 819

Issued

Sep 25, 2005, 11:05 AM CDT (16:05 UTC)

Expired

Sep 25, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 2277Sep 25, 9:32 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2278Sep 25, 1:21 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2280Sep 25, 3:41 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2282Sep 25, 6:05 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 819
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1105 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

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

       CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA
       NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
       WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 90 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NASHVILLE
TENNESSEE TO 5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 818...

DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR MINI-SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES EXPECTED TO
INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON IN ZONE OF SURFACE HEATING/LOW LEVEL
CONFLUENCE ON ERN FRINGE OF RITA.  THREAT WILL EXIST BOTH WITH
STORMS ALONG EXISTING CONVECTIVE BAND...AND IN AREA OF MORE DISCRETE
ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO FOR AHEAD OF IT IN THE NEXT 1-2 HRS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20040.


...CORFIDI

362,0861 321,0845 321,0880 362,0892

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.