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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 12

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

900 AM EST Sat Jan 21 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  The central Florida Panhandle

  Central and southwest Georgia



* Effective this Saturday morning and afternoon from 900 AM until

  300 PM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...An organized cluster of storms will continue eastward from

Alabama and the Florida Panhandle into Georgia through this

afternoon.  Isolated tornadoes and damaging winds will be possible

with embedded supercells and bowing segments.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 95 statute miles

north and south of a line from 55 miles south southwest of Columbus

GA to 50 miles southeast of Macon GA. 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 11...



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 24040.



...Thompson

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