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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 551

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

250 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 250 AM UNTIL 900 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK EASTWARD

ACROSS MS...AND WILL TRAVERSE THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MID MORNING.

STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY

DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF

TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BOOTHVILLE

LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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...CONTINUE...WW 550...



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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...HART

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