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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 498

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

140 AM CDT Sun Oct 8 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  South central and southeast Alabama

  The western Florida Panhandle

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Sunday morning from 140 AM until 1000 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...The outer eastern convective bands of Nate will continue

to pose the threat for a couple of tornadoes through the morning

hours.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest of Troy AL to

45 miles south southwest of Panama City FL. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 497...



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 18040.



...Thompson

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