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SEL9 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 669 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 550 AM CDT Thu Sep 12 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southern Alabama Florida Panhandle Coastal Waters * Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 550 AM until 100 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes possible SUMMARY...As Francine's center continues moving northward over MS and weakens further through midday (per NHC forecast), a slot of wind/moisture/instability fields favorable for supercells and a few tornadoes will shift slowly northward/inland as well. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west southwest of Evergreen AL to 35 miles south southeast of Marianna 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...This tornado watch replaces tornado watch number 668. Watch number 668 will not be in effect after 550 AM CDT. AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 16030. ...Edwards