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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 74

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

725 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA

  SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 725 AM UNTIL

  300 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SHIFT

EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF

THE MORNING AND INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...OFFERING OCCASIONAL DAMAGING

GUSTS AND THE RISK OF A COUPLE TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOTHAN

ALABAMA TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.





...EDWARDS

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