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SEL1 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 671 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 435 PM CDT Thu Sep 12 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Central Alabama * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 435 PM until 1000 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... A couple tornadoes possible SUMMARY...A convective band within a moist and strongly sheared environment will feature embedded quasi-discrete updrafts late this afternoon into the evening. Several supercells will potentially pose a tornado risk before instability wanes late this evening. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles northwest of Selma AL to 45 miles northeast of Montgomery AL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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 670... 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 400. Mean storm motion vector 20020. ...Smith