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SPC Tornado Watch 112

WW 112 TORNADO AL FL MS CW 030955Z – 031600Z

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 112
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
455 AM CDT Mon Apr 3 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Southwest Alabama
  Western Florida Panhandle
  Southeast Mississippi
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Monday morning from 455 AM until 1100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Long-lived cluster has become surface-based and should
persist along a northeast-advancing warm front this morning.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles
north and south of a line from 20 miles northwest of Pine Belt MS to
10 miles northeast of Crestview FL. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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.

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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 29035.

...Grams

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