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Tornado Watch 77
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   SEL7

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 77
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   850 AM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Southern and Eastern Alabama
     Florida Panhandle
     Central and Southwest Georgia
     Southern Mississippi

   * Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from 850 AM until
     300 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A couple tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

   SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms over Alabama will track rapidly
   eastward today, posing a risk of damaging wind gusts and a few
   tornadoes.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 95 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 35 miles west southwest of Crestview FL
   to 60 miles northeast of La Grange GA. For a complete depiction of
   the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
   WOU7).

   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.

   &&

   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 27040.

   ...Hart
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