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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 568

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

510 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA

  WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 510 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SUPERCELLS ARE ORGANIZING IN BROKEN CONVECTIVE BANDS

ACROSS THIS REGION...ON EITHER SIDE OF THE GEORGIA/ALABAMA LINE...IN

A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR TORNADOES.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION

2055 FOR METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOTHAN

ALABAMA TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23530.





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