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SPC Tornado Watch 337

WW 337 TORNADO AL MS TN 190230Z – 190700Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 337
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
930 PM CDT Sun Jun 18 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Western Alabama
  Far southeast Mississippi
  Far southern Middle Tennessee

* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 930 PM
  until 200 AM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...Regenerative supercell clusters over central and eastern
Mississippi should slowly spread east into western Alabama tonight,
with a separate cluster over southwest Tennessee likely moving into
far southern Middle Tennessee.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles
east and west of a line from 35 miles north of Muscle Shoals AL to
120 miles south southwest of Tuscaloosa AL. 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 335...WW 336...

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 27025.

...Grams

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