URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1135 AM UNTIL
500 PM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA
TO 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF SELMA ALABAMA.
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 5. WATCH NUMBER 5 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1135 AM
CST.
DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF TSTMS WITH OCCASIONAL/EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS AND BOWS SHOULD SHIFT EWD ACROSS WW AREA AS FOREGOING AIR
MASS SLOWLY DESTABILIZES. MLCAPE 400-800 J/KG...55-70 KT 0-6 KM AGL
SHEAR AND 400-800 J/KG 0-3 KM SRH WILL SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
SUPERCELLULAR TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.
