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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 489

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

640 AM CDT Tue Sep 15 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southwestern Alabama

  Florida Panhandle

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday morning and evening from 640 AM until

  600 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...The tornado threat with Hurricane Sally will increase in

immediate coastal areas through the remainder of the morning.  The

threat then should shift gradually northward/inland this afternoon,

as Sally's center very slowly approaches landfall, based on the

National Hurricane Center forecast.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 30 statute miles

north and south of a line from 5 miles south of Mobile AL to 45

miles east of Panama City FL. For a complete depiction of the watch

see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 12045.



...Edwards

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