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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 38

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

510 AM CST Tue Mar 3 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Parts of central Alabama



* Effective this Tuesday morning from 510 AM until 1100 AM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of storms with embedded supercells and bowing

segments will move eastward across central Alabama through the

morning.  The threat for damaging gusts and a couple of tornadoes

will increase some as it warms and moistens at the surface through

the morning.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 25 statute miles

north and south of a line from 155 miles west of Auburn AL to 15

miles northeast of Auburn AL. For a complete depiction of the watch

see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 27040.



...Thompson

