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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 421

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

940 AM CDT Thu Nov 1 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Alabama

  Central Florida Panhandle



* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 940 AM until

  200 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Line of strong storms will push east across the rest of

southeast Alabama and the central Florida Panhandle through about

midday. Isolated damaging wind gusts and a brief tornado are the

primary hazards.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west southwest

of Dothan AL to 25 miles east southeast of Dothan AL. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are

favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce

tornadoes.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 420...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

25030.



...Grams

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