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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 12

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

700 AM CST Sat Jan 11 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northern Alabama

  Western Kentucky

  Middle Tennessee



* Effective this Saturday morning and afternoon from 700 AM until

  100 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...Extensive squall line from western Kentucky to northeast

Mississippi will progress eastward through midday. Damaging winds

will be the primary threat, but a few embedded tornadoes will also

be possible.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

east and west of a line from 15 miles east northeast of Owensboro KY

to 75 miles south of Muscle Shoals 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 8...WW 9...WW 10...WW

11...



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 23045.



...Grams

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