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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 266

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

900 AM CDT Sun Jun 7 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Coastal Alabama

  Coastal Mississippi

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 900 AM until

  500 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Cellular convection in eastern bands of tropical storm

Cristobal will continue to spread inland over southern Mississippi

and Alabama through the afternoon.  The storm environment will

support the threat of a couple of tornadoes with mini supercells.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles

north and south of a line from 25 miles west southwest of Gulfport

MS to 55 miles east southeast of Mobile AL. 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.



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

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 15035.



...Thompson

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