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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 127

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1030 AM EDT Mon May 3 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  East-central Alabama

  Northern and central Georgia



* Effective this Monday morning and afternoon from 1030 AM until

  400 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Multiple supercells may continue to produce tornadoes in

clusters across east-central Alabama through northern and central

Georgia.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles

east and west of a line from 20 miles south of Auburn AL to 35 miles

west northwest of Athens GA. For a complete depiction of the watch

see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 26025.



...Grams

