Alabama's First Watch

It is a Severe thunderstorm Watch and it covers much of the state except the SE and Extreme NW until 9 o'clock tonight. Here is the full text:

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 233
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
125 PM CDT FRI APR 21 2006

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

MUCH OF ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM UNTIL 900
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 105
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ANNISTON ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 232...

DISCUSSION...LINES/CLUSTERS OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
EASTWARD FROM MS INTO AL THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AIR MASS
IN THIS REGION HAS BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE...WITH DEEP LAYER
VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED/SEVERE CONVECTION.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREAT.

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 25030.