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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 490

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

550 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  A small part of southwest Alabama

  Much of the Florida Panhandle

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning from 550

  PM until 600 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...Hurricane Sally will continue to move very slowly toward

the coast through early Wednesday.  Convective bands will spread

inland to the east of the center, and a couple of tornadoes will be

possible overnight as embedded supercells reach the coast.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

north and south of a line from 40 miles west southwest of Pensacola

FL to 35 miles south of Tallahassee FL. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU0).



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...This tornado watch replaces tornado

watch number 489. Watch number 489 will not be in effect after

550 PM CDT.



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

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

storm motion vector 13040.



...Thompson

