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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 33

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

115 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central to eastern Alabama



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 115 PM

  until 700 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Discrete supercells across central Alabama may spread into

portions of eastern Alabama prior to early evening. All hazard types

are possible, with the greatest tornado threat expected in

east-central Alabama.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 30 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles east northeast of Gadsden AL

to 15 miles south southeast of Montgomery 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 29...WW 30...WW 31...WW

32...



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

surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 25030.



...Grams

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