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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 54

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

800 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Far northern Alabama

  Far southern middle Tennessee



* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 800 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple intense tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible



SUMMARY...Trailing portion of a cluster with embedded supercells may

progress along the Tennessee and Alabama border region through this

evening, with a conditional risk for a strong tornado.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles

north and south of a line from 30 miles west of Muscle Shoals AL to

60 miles east northeast of Huntsville AL. 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 50...WW 51...WW 52...WW

53...



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

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Grams

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