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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 57

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1150 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northern and Central Alabama

  Northern Georgia

  Central and Northeast Mississippi

  Extreme Western North Carolina

  Southeast Tennessee



* Effective this Wednesday morning and evening from 1150 AM until

  600 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will slowly intensify this afternoon along a

boundary extending from northern MS into southeast TN, and spread

across the watch area.  Large hail and isolated tornadoes are the

main threats with these storms.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

north and south of a line from 40 miles southwest of Greenwood MS to

65 miles east of Chattanooga TN. 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 55...WW 56...



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 450. Mean

storm motion vector 25035.



...Hart

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