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Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch 97
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood High High
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL7

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 97
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   555 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Northwestern Alabama
     Northern Mississippi
     Western and Middle Tennessee

   * Effective this Friday afternoon and Saturday morning from 555
     PM until 100 AM CDT.

   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

   * Primary threats include...
     Several tornadoes and a few intense tornadoes likely
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
       mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
       inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...The threat for both discrete, tornadic supercells and an
   eventual severe squall line will spread across the watch area
   through the evening.  A favorably unstable, strong-shear environment
   will support the threat for significant (EF2+) tornadoes.  Severe
   thunderstorm gusts and large, locally damaging hail also are
   expected.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 40 miles south of Oxford MS to 25 miles
   east northeast of Clarksville TN. For a complete depiction of the
   watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

   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 93...WW 94...WW 95...WW
   96...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
   storm motion vector 25045.

   ...Edwards
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