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WWUS20 KWNS 282235

SEL3

SPC WW 282235

ALZ000-290300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 503

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

440 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND NORTHERN ALABAMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 440 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A FAST-MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN MS WILL

MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...POSING A RISK

FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO

POSSIBLE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF

MUSCLE SHOALS AL TO 65 MILES SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA AL. FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE

TORNADOES.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 501...WW 502...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO

1 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A

FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR

25040.



...HART

