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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 34

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

525 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 525

  PM UNTIL 100 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS NOW FORMING OVER N CENTRAL ALABAMA EXPECTED

TO SOMEWHAT INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH THROUGH LATER TONIGHT

AS REGION IS GLANCED BY UPPER DISTURBANCE ENTERING THE LOWER

TENNESSEE VALLEY. EMBEDDED SUSTAINED STORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS MAY

POSE A RISK FOR SPORADIC DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO AS

THEY MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY WEST-TO-EAST.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF

ATLANTA GEORGIA TO 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



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AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 27045.





...CORFIDI

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