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WWUS20 KWNS 241715

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SPC WW 241715

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 54

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1215 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ALABAMA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  FAR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  FAR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1215 PM

  UNTIL 700 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER FAR SE LA AND MS EXPECTED TO

GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AND MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY E THROUGH THE

REMAINDER OF THE DAY...WITH SOME RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND AND A COUPLE

TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 55 MILES EAST OF BOOTHVILLE LOUISIANA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...CORFIDI

