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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 13

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1000 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM

  UNTIL 400 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT ALONG AND

AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING EASTWARD FROM MISSISSIPPI TO ALABAMA.

THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR THE RISK OF A

COUPLE OF TORNADOES...AS WELL AS A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF BIRMINGHAM

ALABAMA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 11. WATCH NUMBER 11 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1000

PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 12...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...THOMPSON

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