Tornado Watch 278

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 278
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1240 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHWEST GEORGIA
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL
600 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 40 MILES EAST OF PINE BELT
MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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 277
...
DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN
AL...WITH EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND
TORNADOES. FARTHER SOUTH...ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE. THESE STORMS MAY
BECOME SUPERCELLS WITH A RISK OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES IN
THIS REGION AS WELL.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.
...HART