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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 24

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

550 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southwest Alabama

  East-central and southeast Mississippi



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 550 PM until Midnight

  CST.



* Primary threats include...

  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...Severe thunderstorms with mainly a tornado and damaging

wind threat are most likely across parts of east-central

Mississippi. A more isolated severe threat exists farther

south/southeast across southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles south southeast of Pine Belt

MS to 60 miles north northeast of Meridian MS. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 22...WW 23...



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 24040.



...Grams

