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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 704

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

750 AM EST Tue Dec 17 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Far Southeast Alabama

  Florida Panhandle

  Southwest Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from 750 AM until

  200 PM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Multiple sub-regional corridors of storms will remain

sustained and potentially intensify near, and especially ahead of, a

cold front this morning into afternoon. Adequate instability and

wind shear will support the possibility of locally damaging winds

and/or a tornado or two.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 20 miles north northeast of Albany GA

to 35 miles southeast of Panama City FL. 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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 23035.



...Guyer

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