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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 562

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A FEW SUPERCELLS WITHIN A WEST/EAST-ORIENTED CONVECTIVE

BAND ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA MAY PERSIST

AND INTENSIFY INTO EARLY EVENING AS THEY EVOLVE TO THE

EAST-NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL STORMS OVER THE ARK-LA-MISS SHOULD

INTENSIFY AND AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI IN THE EARLY

EVENING.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON

MISSISSIPPI TO 10 MILES NORTH OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 558...WW 559...WW

560...WW 561...



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...GRAMS

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