606 WWUS20 KWNS 231457 SEL7 SPC WW 231457 FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-232100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 57 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1055 AM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA SOUTHERN GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1055 AM UNTIL 500 PM EDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. DISCUSSION...AN INTENSIFYING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL FL/SOUTH CENTRAL GA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD TODAY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS ELEVATED...BUT SUFFICIENT CAPE AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL POSE A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030. ...HART  688 WWUS20 KWNS 231457 SEL7 SPC WW 231457 FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-232100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 57 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1055 AM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA SOUTHERN GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1055 AM UNTIL 500 PM EDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. DISCUSSION...AN INTENSIFYING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL FL/SOUTH CENTRAL GA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD TODAY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS ELEVATED...BUT SUFFICIENT CAPE AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL POSE A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030. ...HART  551 WWUS20 KWNS 231757 SEL8 SPC WW 231757 ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-240100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 58 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 100 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA FLORIDA PANHANDLE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL 800 PM CDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 57... DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING IN A REGION OF WEAK LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. SLOW DESTABILIZATION AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...COUPLED WITH FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR...WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF ROTATING STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS DAMAGING WINDS. AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030. ...HART  935 WWUS20 KWNS 231757 SEL8 SPC WW 231757 ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-240100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 58 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 100 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA FLORIDA PANHANDLE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL 800 PM CDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 57... DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING IN A REGION OF WEAK LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. SLOW DESTABILIZATION AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...COUPLED WITH FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR...WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF ROTATING STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS DAMAGING WINDS. AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030. ...HART  254 WWUS20 KWNS 232103 SEL7 SPC WW 232103 FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-232100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH - NUMBER 57 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 503 PM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 57 ISSUED AT 1055 AM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS  953 WWUS20 KWNS 232103 SEL7 SPC WW 232103 FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-232100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH - NUMBER 57 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 503 PM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 57 ISSUED AT 1055 AM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS  812 WWUS20 KWNS 232222 SEL9 SPC WW 232222 MSZ000-240600- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 59 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 520 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 520 PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT. 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 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF MC COMB MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN 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 58... DISCUSSION...THE ENVIRONMENT IS BECOMING INCREASING CONDUCIVE TO SUPERCELLS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. AS LOW-LEVEL WIND FIELDS STRENGTHEN IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...STORMS MAY BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A COUPLE OF TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. 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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040. ...KERR  204 WWUS20 KWNS 232222 SEL9 SPC WW 232222 MSZ000-240600- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 59 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 520 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 520 PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT. 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 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF MC COMB MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN 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 58... DISCUSSION...THE ENVIRONMENT IS BECOMING INCREASING CONDUCIVE TO SUPERCELLS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. AS LOW-LEVEL WIND FIELDS STRENGTHEN IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...STORMS MAY BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A COUPLE OF TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. 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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040. ...KERR  050 WWUS20 KWNS 232246 SEL0 SPC WW 232246 ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-240600- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 60 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 545 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 545 PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MONROE LOUISIANA TO 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 58...WW 59... DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AND RAPIDLY MOVE EAST NORTHEASTWARD ALONG FRONTAL ZONE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AVIATION...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 25045. ...KERR  108 WWUS20 KWNS 232246 SEL0 SPC WW 232246 ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-240600- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 60 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 545 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 545 PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MONROE LOUISIANA TO 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 58...WW 59... DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AND RAPIDLY MOVE EAST NORTHEASTWARD ALONG FRONTAL ZONE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AVIATION...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 25045. ...KERR  419 WWUS20 KWNS 232343 SEL1 SPC WW 232343 ALZ000-240700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 61 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 645 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 645 PM UNTIL 200 AM CDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANNISTON ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 58...WW 59...WW 60... DISCUSSION...VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP ACROSS...AND OVERSPREAD THE REGION...THIS EVENING...MOSTLY ABOVE A RESIDUAL COOL AND STABLE NEAR SURFACE LAYER. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT INITIALLY...BUT A RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY INCREASE DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. AVIATION...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 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040. ...KERR  003 WWUS20 KWNS 232343 SEL1 SPC WW 232343 ALZ000-240700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 61 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 645 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 645 PM UNTIL 200 AM CDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANNISTON ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 58...WW 59...WW 60... DISCUSSION...VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP ACROSS...AND OVERSPREAD THE REGION...THIS EVENING...MOSTLY ABOVE A RESIDUAL COOL AND STABLE NEAR SURFACE LAYER. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT INITIALLY...BUT A RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY INCREASE DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. AVIATION...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 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040. ...KERR