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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

845 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 845 AM UNTIL

  200 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTER OF STORMS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WILL LIKELY

PERSIST FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS WHILE MOVING EASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST

ALABAMA.  THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF A

COUPLE OF TORNADOES...AS WELL AS ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE

HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF

EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.

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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 66...



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 27030.





...THOMPSON

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