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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 182

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1035 AM CDT Sun Apr 30 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Western Alabama

  Northern Mississippi



* Effective this Sunday morning and evening from 1035 AM until

  700 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...An extensive line of storms will progress east from

Mississippi into Alabama through this afternoon. Damaging winds and

a few tornadoes will be possible.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles west northwest of Muscle

Shoals AL to 65 miles southwest of Selma AL. 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 181...



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

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 25030.



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