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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 123

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

135 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Alabama

  A small part of the Florida Panhandle

  Southwest Georgia



* Effective this Wednesday morning from 135 AM until 800 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to spread northeastward

through the early morning hours across southeast Alabama and

southwest Georgia.  The storm environment will favor slightly

elevated supercells with large hail on the leading edge of the area

of convection.  A couple of surface-based supercells will be

possible on the southern fringe of the larger convective cluster,

where an isolated tornado or two could occur later this morning.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles south of Selma

AL to 35 miles north of Albany GA. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are

favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce

tornadoes.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 122...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

24030.



...Thompson

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