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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 553

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

  FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING OVER ALABAMA ARE

EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO

THIS EVENING.  WHILE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE DAMAGING

STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS...ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE

FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA.

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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 552...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.





...MEAD

