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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 363

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

255 AM CDT Thu Jun 22 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southern Alabama

  Western Panhandle of Florida

  Eastern Louisiana

  Central and southern Mississippi

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 255 AM until

  100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...The tornado threat with TS Cindy is expected to spread

inland but remain very widely dispersed and poorly focused through

midday.  Isolated supercells may intensify enough to produce

tornadoes within a broad area from the lower Delta region to parts

of Alabama and western Florida Panhandle.  See SPC Mesoscale

Discussion 118 for initial meteorological details.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 105 statute miles

north and south of a line from 40 miles southwest of Natchez MS to

35 miles north northeast of Crestview FL. 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 362. Watch number 362 will not be in effect after

255 AM CDT.



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

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

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 17035.



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