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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 362

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

645 PM CDT Wed Jun 21 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southern Alabama

  Western Florida Panhandle

  Southern Mississippi

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 645 PM

  until 300 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A few tornadoes and damaging wind gusts will remain

possible across the watch area this evening and tonight, as showers

and thunderstorms rotate inland around TS Cindy.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

north and south of a line from 40 miles northwest of Gulfport MS to

20 miles east northeast of Panama City FL. 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 359...WW 360...WW 361...



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

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 17025.



...Hart

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