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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 703

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

945 PM CST Mon Dec 16 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Parts of central, east central and south central Alabama



* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 945 PM

  until 400 AM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Bands of thunderstorms will continue to move eastward

overnight along and ahead of a cold front.  The storm environment

will remain favorable for both supercells and bowing segments,

capable of producing a couple of tornadoes and damaging gusts

through the early morning hours.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

east and west of a line from 10 miles east northeast of Gadsden AL

to 55 miles west southwest of Troy AL. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU3).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 702...



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 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Thompson

