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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 502

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

100 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southwestern and south central Alabama

  The western Florida Panhandle

  Southeastern Louisiana

  Southeastern Mississippi

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 100 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...Hurricane Zeta will make landfall later this afternoon in

southeast Louisiana, and then continue northeastward across

southeastern Mississippi into Alabama early tonight.  The threat for

rotating storms and a couple of tornadoes will gradually increase

through the afternoon/evening as the outer eastern and northeastern

convective bands spread inland.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

north and south of a line from 20 miles north of Crestview FL to 5

miles south southwest of New Orleans LA. 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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 0 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 16040.



...Thompson

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