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Tornado Watch 476
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 476
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1115 AM CDT Thu Aug 31 2017

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Northern and western Alabama
     Northeast Mississippi
     Southwest Tennessee

   * Effective this Thursday morning and evening from 1115 AM until
     800 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A couple tornadoes possible
     Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Arcing bands of showers and storms will pose a risk for
   brief tornadoes this afternoon into early evening.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles
   either side of a line from 60 miles north of Oxford MS to 55 miles
   southeast of Tuscaloosa AL. For a complete depiction of the watch
   see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   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 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean
   storm motion vector 20030.

   ...Grams
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