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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 50

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1055 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southeast Alabama

  Florida Panhandle

  Southwest Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 1055 PM

  until 700 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A squall line across the western Florida Panhandle and

south-central Alabama at late evening will continue

east-northeastward with some additional forward acceleration likely

overnight. A relatively moist environment and strong low-level shear

will support the possibility of a couple of tornadoes and localized

pockets of wind damage.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles north of Dothan AL to 40 miles

west of Apalachicola FL. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 49...



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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Guyer

