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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 515

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

110 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 110 PM UNTIL

  800 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND JUST OFF THE GULF COAST WILL MOVE

ASHORE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...POSING A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING

WIND GUSTS AND A TORNADO OR TWO.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES

NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA FL TO

40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PANAMA CITY FL. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION

OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU5).



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.



&&



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 450. MEAN

STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.



...HART

