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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 36

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

645 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Alabama

  Eastern Mississippi

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 645 PM

  until 300 AM CDT.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



* Primary threats include...

  Several tornadoes and a few intense tornadoes likely

  Widespread damaging winds and scattered significant gusts to 80

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A further strengthening of low/mid-level winds this

evening will support a combination of semi-discrete supercells as

well as organizing fast-moving line segments across much of eastern

Mississippi into Alabama. Tornadoes, including a few strong, aside

from damaging winds will be the most prevalent hazards.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 100 statute miles

north and south of a line from 15 miles northwest of Pine Belt MS to

35 miles southeast of Anniston 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 29...WW 31...WW 32...WW

33...WW 34...WW 35...



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

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24040.



...Guyer

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