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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 73

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

915 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN ALABAMA

  WESTERN AND NORTHERN GEORGIA

  FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHERN EAST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 915 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS IN CLUSTERS...SHORT LINES...AND A FEW

DISCRETE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO MOVE / DEVELOP GENERALLY EAST INTO

WATCH AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF

LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...TORNADOES...AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

TROY ALABAMA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE.

 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...CONTINUE...WW 69...WW 70...WW 71...WW

72...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.





...CORFIDI

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