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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 13

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

325 PM CDT Mon Mar 19 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northern and central Alabama

  Northeast Mississippi

  Southern Tennessee



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 325 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



* Primary threats include...

  Several tornadoes and a few intense tornadoes likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Several severe storms will develop along a cold front

through this evening producing strong tornadoes, very large hail,

and damaging winds.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 95 statute miles

north and south of a line from 15 miles south of Tupelo MS to 45

miles northeast of Gadsden 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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 25040.



...Grams

