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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 552

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

825 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

  WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 825 AM

  UNTIL 400 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INTENSIFY TODAY

WHILE SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS

WILL BE CAPABLE OF A COUPLE TORNADOES AND DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY

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 551...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.





...MEAD

