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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 491

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

550 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southern Alabama

  Florida Panhandle

  Southwestern Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday morning and evening from 550 AM until

  600 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...With landfalling Hurricane Sally forecast by the National

Hurricane Center to turn northeastward today after moving slowly

inland, the favorable sector for tornadoes should both spread inland

toward southeastern Alabama, and expand eastward gradually through

more of the Florida Panhandle and into southwestern Georgia by

afternoon.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

north and south of a line from 15 miles northwest of Pensacola FL to

20 miles east northeast of Tallahassee FL. 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...This tornado watch replaces tornado

watch number 490. Watch number 490 will not be in effect after

550 AM CDT.



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

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

storm motion vector 16045.



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