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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 77

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

850 AM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southern and Eastern Alabama

  Florida Panhandle

  Central and Southwest Georgia

  Southern Mississippi



* Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from 850 AM until

  300 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms over Alabama will track rapidly

eastward today, posing a risk of damaging wind gusts and a few

tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 95 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles west southwest of Crestview FL

to 60 miles northeast of La Grange GA. 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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

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

storm motion vector 27040.



...Hart

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