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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 191
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
950 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 950 AM UNTIL NOON CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A SHORT-TERM RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND A COUPLE OF
TORNADOES SEEMINGLY EXISTS ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS A SUPERCELL OR TWO MOVES EAST
WITHIN AN UNSTABLE AND ADEQUATELY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 25 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PENSACOLA
FL TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW FL. 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.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.
...SMITH
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