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Tornado Watch 723
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WW0723 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 723
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   155 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Southeastern Alabama
     Florida Panhandle to Big Bend
     Georgia
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Sunday morning from 155 AM until 900 AM EST.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

   SUMMARY...A line of strong-severe thunderstorms will continue to
   move through an environment characterized by modest instability but
   favorable shear, and may produce occasional embedded tornadoes
   and/or damaging nontornadic winds.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 15 miles southwest of Apalachicola FL
   to 40 miles northeast of Atlanta 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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 721...WW 722...

   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 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 24030.

   ...Edwards
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