Tornado Watch 46

Issued

Feb 6, 2008, 4:06 AM CST (10:06 UTC)

Expired

Feb 6, 2008, 10:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

60%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

40%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 175Feb 6, 2:41 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 180Feb 6, 6:10 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 181Feb 6, 7:49 AM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 061005
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SPC WW 061005
ALZ000-GAZ000-TNZ000-061600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
405 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

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

       CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA
       NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
       PART OF MIDDLE INTO EASTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 405 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 43. WATCH NUMBER 43 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 405
AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 41...WW 42...WW 44...WW 45...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SMALL
BOWING SEGMENTS AND SUPERCELLS...WILL CONTINUE EAST ACROSS WW THIS
MORNING.  ISOLATED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT AHEAD OF
THIS LINE...AND THIS TREND WILL ALSO LIKELY CONTINUE.  ASIDE FROM
THREAT OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL
ALSO ACCOMPANY STRONGER STORMS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.


...EVANS

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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.