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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 190

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

255 AM EDT Thu May 7 2026



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Southeast Alabama

  Central and Eastern Florida Panhandle

  Southwest Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday morning from 255 AM until 1000 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms will continue to push

eastward/southeastward into the moist and unstable airmass in place

over southeast Alabama/southwest Georgia and the central/eastern

Florida Panhandle. Strong deep-layer vertical shear will support the

potential for occasional storm organization within this line, with

the strongest segments capable of damaging gusts and brief

line-embedded tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

north and south of a line from 50 miles southwest of Dothan AL to 30

miles south of Moultrie GA. For a complete depiction of the watch

see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 189...



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 28030.



...Mosier