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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 183

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

135 PM CDT Sun Apr 30 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Eastern Alabama

  Northwest Georgia

  Middle Tennessee



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until

  700 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Line of thunderstorms will push east across parts of

Alabama and Tennessee, eventually into northwest Georgia. Damaging

winds will be the primary hazard, but a couple tornadoes are also

possible.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

either side of a line from 50 miles northeast of Nashville TN to 50

miles west southwest of La Grange GA. 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 181...WW 182...



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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Grams

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