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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 60
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
925 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH-CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 925 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED CELLS WILL CONTINUE TO
PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT. THE MORE INTENSE PORTIONS OF THE LARGER BAND OF STORMS MAY
FEATURE A FEW SUPERCELLS AND BOWING SEGMENTS, WHERE THE THREAT FOR
TORNADOES AND DAMAGING GUSTS WILL PROBABLY FOCUS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BIRMINGHAM
AL TO 65 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE LA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 55...WW 56...WW 57...WW
58...WW 59...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 28040.
...SMITH
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