URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 491 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 550 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southern Alabama Florida Panhandle Southwestern Georgia Coastal Waters * Effective this Wednesday morning and evening from 550 AM until 600 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes possible SUMMARY...With landfalling Hurricane Sally forecast by the National Hurricane Center to turn northeastward today after moving slowly inland, the favorable sector for tornadoes should both spread inland toward southeastern Alabama, and expand eastward gradually through more of the Florida Panhandle and into southwestern Georgia by afternoon. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles northwest of Pensacola FL to 20 miles east northeast of Tallahassee FL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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...This tornado watch replaces tornado watch number 490. Watch number 490 will not be in effect after 550 AM CDT. AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 16045. ...EdwardsRead more
from SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0491.html
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