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WWUS20 KWNS 312257

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SPC WW 312257

ALZ000-TNZ000-010600-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 72

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

600 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHERN ALABAMA

  SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 600 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF

LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...AND TORNADOES...EXPECTED TO

MOVE / DEVELOP GENERALLY EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH

LATE TONIGHT / EARLY FRIDAY.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH OF HUNTSVILLE

ALABAMA TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SELMA ALABAMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 69...WW 70...WW 71...



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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...CORFIDI

