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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 463

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1030 AM CDT Fri Aug 28 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northwest Alabama

  Northeast Mississippi

  Middle and western Tennessee



* Effective this Friday morning and afternoon from 1030 AM until

  400 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible



SUMMARY...Low-topped supercells should develop east-northeast from

northeast Mississippi, posing a risk for brief tornadoes into late

afternoon.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles south southeast of Tupelo MS

to 35 miles north northwest of Nashville TN. 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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

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

gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean

storm motion vector 21040.



...Grams

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