Tornado Watch 89

Issued

Mar 13, 2006, 1:48 PM CST (19:48 UTC)

Expired

Mar 13, 2006, 8:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 284Mar 13, 12:36 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 288Mar 13, 3:59 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 289Mar 13, 5:41 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 291Mar 13, 7:27 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 131948
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
250 PM CDT MON MAR 13 2006

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

       PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA
       PARTS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
       MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE
TENNESSEE TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. 
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 87...WW 88...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN A
MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.  PRESENCE OF 50-60 KT OF DEEP LAYER
SHEAR AND VEERING WIND PROFILES WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. 
WHILE LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT...A FEW TORNADOES
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...HALES

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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.