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SPC Tornado Watch 39

WW 39 TORNADO AL FL CW 090725Z – 091400Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 39
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
125 AM CST Wed Mar 9 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Southern Alabama
  Western Panhandle of Florida
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Wednesday morning from 125 AM until 800 AM CST.

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

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will spread across the watch area
through the early morning hours along and south of a front.  A few
more supercells are possible, with a tornado and damaging-wind
threat.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles
north and south of a line from 60 miles west of Pensacola FL to 55
miles east northeast of Crestview FL. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU9).

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 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean
storm motion vector 25025.

...Edwards

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