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Tornado Watch 139
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 139
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   405 AM CDT Thu Apr 23 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Southern Alabama
     Florida Panhandle
     Southeastern Mississippi
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 405 AM until
     100 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...A complex of severe thunderstorms, with supercells and
   potential for line-embedded mesovortices, will sweep eastward over
   the watch area, offering a threat for tornadoes (some strong) as it
   interacts with a warm-frontal zone along the Gulf Coastal Plain. 
   Damaging wind is likely too, and isolated severe hail cannot be
   ruled out.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles
   north and south of a line from 20 miles south of Pine Belt MS to 20
   miles north of Marianna 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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 137...WW 138...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
   storm motion vector 26040.

   ...Edwards
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