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WWUS20 KWNS 240431

SEL7

SPC WW 240431

ALZ000-GAZ000-TNZ000-241000-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 567

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1035 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ALABAMA

  EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA

  PARTS OF MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1035

  PM UNTIL 400 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...BROKEN BANDS OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THE

EARLY MORNING HOURS FROM NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA INTO

PARTS OF MIDDLE/EASTERN TENNESSEE AND EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA.

THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING STORMS

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A COUPLE OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING GUSTS...AND

SOME HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE

ALABAMA.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 564. WATCH NUMBER 564 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

1035 PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 565...WW 566...



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 24045.





...THOMPSON

