URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 20 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 800 AM CST Sun Jan 22 2017 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southern Alabama The Florida Panhandle Coastal Waters * Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 800 AM until 200 PM 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...Convection will continue to develop in a band that will lift slowly northward through the morning into southern Alabama and southwestern Georgia. A few storms in this band will be capable of producing tornadoes, especially later this morning toward southeast Alabama and the eastern Florida Panhandle, where a strong tornado will be possible. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles north and south of a line from Marianna FL to 10 miles south of Mobile AL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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 19... 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 500. Mean storm motion vector 25045. ...ThompsonRead more
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