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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 29

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1135 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Western and central Alabama

  Central to eastern Mississippi



* Effective this Wednesday morning and evening from 1135 AM until

  700 PM CDT.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



* Primary threats include...

  Numerous tornadoes expected with a few intense tornadoes likely

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely



SUMMARY...Numerous discrete supercells are expected to develop this

afternoon capable of producing strong to intense tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles

east and west of a line from 70 miles northwest of Gadsden AL to 35

miles southeast of Pine Belt MS. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 26...WW 27...WW 28...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24030.



...Grams

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