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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 4

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

345 PM CST Mon Jan 2 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southeast Alabama

  A part of the Florida Panhandle

  Southwest Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 345 PM until

  1000 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A few severe storms are expected to spread from southern

Alabama and extreme northwest Florida toward southwest Georgia this

evening as a weather system moves eastward across the lower

Mississippi Valley.  Damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes will be

possible, especially near a warm front located across southeast

Alabama into southern Georgia.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

north and south of a line from 40 miles south of Troy AL to 20 miles

south southeast of Albany GA. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 3...



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 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Weiss

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