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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 62

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

845 PM EDT Tue Mar 24 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northeast Alabama

  Northwest Georgia

  Far southeast Tennessee



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 845 PM

  until 100 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of strong to severe storms should spread east

across northeast Alabama into far southeast Tennessee, including

northwest Georgia. Isolated damaging winds and a couple tornadoes

are possible before storms likely weaken later this evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

east and west of a line from 20 miles east southeast of Gadsden AL

to 10 miles north northeast of Chattanooga TN. 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 61...



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

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

gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean

storm motion vector 27045.



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