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Tornado Watch 266
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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 266
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   900 AM CDT Sun Jun 7 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Coastal Alabama
     Coastal Mississippi
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 900 AM until
     500 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A couple tornadoes possible
     Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Cellular convection in eastern bands of tropical storm
   Cristobal will continue to spread inland over southern Mississippi
   and Alabama through the afternoon.  The storm environment will
   support the threat of a couple of tornadoes with mini supercells.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles
   north and south of a line from 25 miles west southwest of Gulfport
   MS to 55 miles east southeast of Mobile 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 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 15035.

   ...Thompson
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