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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 2

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

940 AM CST Sat Jan 19 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central and southwestern Alabama

  The western Florida Panhandle

  The eastern part of the Mississippi Sound

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday morning and afternoon from 940 AM until

  500 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A broken band of storms will spread eastward from

Mississippi to Alabama through the afternoon.  Embedded supercells

and bowing segments will be capable of producing a few tornadoes and

damaging gusts.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

east and west of a line from 60 miles north of Selma AL to 10 miles

south southwest of Mobile 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 1...



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 400. Mean

storm motion vector 25040.



...Thompson

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