URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 7 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 630 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM UNTIL 300 AM CST. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE SUMMARY...NNE-SSW ORIENTED SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EAST ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...WHILE MORE SCATTERED STORMS FORM AHEAD OF LINE AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD YIELD TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WIND AND OCCASIONAL HAIL. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TROY ALABAMA TO 25 MILES WEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 6... 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 22045. ...CORFIDIRead more
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