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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 517

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

140 AM CST Thu Dec 24 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southern Alabama

  Western Panhandle of Florida

  A small part of southeastern Louisiana

  Southeastern Mississippi

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday morning from 140 AM until 1100 AM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A band of thunderstorms will proceed eastward across the

watch area through late morning, with the potential for widely

spaced, short-lived tornadoes, in marginal instability but very

favorable wind fields.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

north and south of a line from 45 miles west northwest of Gulfport

MS to 20 miles east 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 516...



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 25035.



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