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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 33

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

205 AM CST Sat Mar 9 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Southern Alabama

  Florida Panhandle

  Southwestern Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday morning from 205 AM until 1000 AM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A band of thunderstorms will continue shifting slowly

eastward over the watch area through the remainder of the morning,

as embedded strong-severe thunderstorms move rapidly along its axis.

 The environment has become and will remain favorable for

occasional, embedded, potentially tornadic circulations.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles

north and south of a line from 35 miles west southwest of Pensacola

FL to 25 miles north northeast of Moultrie GA. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24040.



...Edwards