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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 3

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

420 PM EST Sat Jan 19 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  East central and southeastern Alabama

  The eastern Florida Panhandle

  West central and southwestern Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 420 PM until

  1000 PM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A band of severe storms in Alabama, with a history of

several tornadoes, will continue eastward into western Georgia this

evening.  Farther south, more isolated storms in the northeastern

Gulf of Mexico could maintain intensity and reach the eastern

Florida Panhandle in the next couple of hours.  The strongest storms

will continue to pose a threat for tornadoes and damaging wind gusts

through late evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

east and west of a line from 20 miles northeast of La Grange GA to

40 miles south southeast 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...CONTINUE...WW 2...



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

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean

storm motion vector 24040.



...Thompson

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