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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 144

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

920 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Alabama

  Central Mississippi



* Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from 920 AM until

  400 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Widespread damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A discrete supercell over central Mississippi may persist

this morning with additional discrete supercells possible into

west-central and southwest Alabama. Otherwise, an intensifying

squall line is expected to evolve east across northern and central

Alabama with damaging winds and a few tornadoes as the primary

hazards.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles

east and west of a line from 40 miles north northwest of Gadsden AL

to 55 miles south southwest of Meridian MS. 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 141...WW 142...WW 143...



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

surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 25035.



...Grams

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