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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 7

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

630 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...NNE-SSW ORIENTED SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EAST ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY

FRIDAY...WHILE MORE SCATTERED STORMS FORM AHEAD OF LINE AND MOVE

NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE FLORIDA

PANHANDLE.  SOME OF THE STORMS COULD YIELD TORNADOES...IN ADDITION

TO DAMAGING WIND AND OCCASIONAL HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

TROY ALABAMA TO 25 MILES WEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 6...



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 22045.





...CORFIDI

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