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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 59

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

145 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Extreme northern Alabama

  Extreme east central Arkansas

  Northern Mississippi

  Southern parts of western and middle Tennessee



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Several tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely



SUMMARY...Severe storm development is expected by mid afternoon and

storms will persist well into this evening.  The storm environment

favors supercells capable of producing a couple of strong tornadoes

and very large hail near the size of baseballs.  As storms cluster

more into the evening, the threat for damaging winds will increase,

including the potential for hurricane force gusts.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles

north and south of a line from 105 miles east northeast of Muscle

Shoals AL to 60 miles west of Memphis TN. 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 58...



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

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

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 24030.



...Thompson

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