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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 20

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CST.



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



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY

THROUGH THE EVENING AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE

WEST.  THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A FEW STRONG AND LONG-TRACK TORNADOES INTO

EARLY TONIGHT.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GULFPORT

MISSISSIPPI.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 19...



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 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





...THOMPSON

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