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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 53

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

745 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central Alabama



* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 745 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A cluster with embedded supercell structures should

progress east-northeast from west-central to east-central Alabama

offering a continued threat for a few tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles northwest of Anniston AL to 30

miles south of Selma 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 50...WW 51...WW 52...



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

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



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