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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1200 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM NOON UNTIL 900

  PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF

TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND...AND HAIL...EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF WATCH

AREA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

MOBILE ALABAMA TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARIANNA FLORIDA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 14...



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 25040.





...CORFIDI

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