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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 27

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1150 AM CST Tue Feb 7 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southwest Alabama

  The western Florida Panhandle

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday morning and evening from 1150 AM until

  600 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of severe storms will continue to spread eastward

from Mississippi into Alabama through the afternoon.  The storm

environment will support the potential for a couple of tornadoes and

large hail with embedded rotating storms.  Damaging winds will also

be possible with any bowing segments that may evolve from storm

mergers and upscale growth of the storms.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

north and south of a line from 25 miles north northwest of Mobile AL

to 15 miles north northeast of Crestview FL. 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 26...



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

surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

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

storm motion vector 27035.



...Thompson

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