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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 721
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
630 PM CST SAT DEC 28 2024
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN ALABAMA
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES
POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE/DAMAGING WINDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE MOST
INTENSE WINDS MAY REACH 70-80 MPH WITHIN THE DEVELOPING LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. A STRONG TORNADO ALSO APPEARS POSSIBLE WITH ANY
SUSTAINED SUPERCELL THAT CAN BE MAINTAINED AHEAD OF THE LINE.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF EVERGREEN
AL TO 70 MILES SOUTH OF SLIDELL LA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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 720...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.
...GLEASON
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