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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 576

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1105 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ALABAMA

  FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1105 AM UNTIL

  600 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH A RISK FOR A COUPLE OF

TORNADOES AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

DOTHAN ALABAMA TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 575...



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 21035.





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