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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 57

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

100 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Eastern Alabama

  Southern middle and southeastern Tennessee



* Effective this Sunday morning from 100 AM until 900 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...This watch wraps around northern and eastern sides of

tornado watch 55, per coordination with affected local NWS offices.

A band of severe thunderstorms may pose a continuing risk of wind

damage and sporadic tornadoes as it moves across the new watch area

through the pre-dawn hours. See SPC mesoscale discussion 333 for

initial meteorological reasoning.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

east and west of a line from 5 miles south southwest of Montgomery

AL to 70 miles north northeast of Huntsville AL. 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 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Edwards

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