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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 123

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

355 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southern Alabama

  Southeast Mississippi



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 355 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Several tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely

  Widespread damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms over central Mississippi will track eastward

along a boundary into the watch area this afternoon and evening.

Damaging winds and hail are likely with the more intense storms.  A

few tornadoes are also possible as winds aloft strengthen this

evening, including a risk of strong tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

north and south of a line from 85 miles west northwest of Evergreen

AL to 40 miles south southeast of Auburn AL. 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 121...WW 122...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 27035.



...Hart

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