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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 61

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

305 PM CDT Tue Mar 24 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northern Alabama

  Northeastern Mississippi

  The southern half of western and middle Tennessee



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 305 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Scattered supercell development is expected in the next

couple of hours from western Tennessee and northeastern Mississippi

into northern Alabama and southern middle Tennessee.  The storm

environment will be favorable for tornadoes, including a strong

tornado or two, in addition to damaging winds and large hail.

Storms will spread eastward through late evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 95 statute miles

east and west of a line from 85 miles north of Huntsville AL to 55

miles south southwest of Muscle Shoals AL. 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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

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

storm motion vector 26040.



...Thompson

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