URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 717
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
845 PM EST Sat Dec 9 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  northern Alabama
  northwestern Georgia
  southeastern Tennessee

* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 845 PM
  until 300 AM EST.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

SUMMARY...An advancing line of strong/locally severe thunderstorms
will continue moving eastward into/across the southern Appalachians
region this evening and into the overnight period.  Locally damaging
wind gusts, and a brief tornado or two, will be the main risks with
these storms.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles
east and west of a line from 60 miles northeast of Chattanooga TN to
50 miles west southwest of Rome GA. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 715...WW 716...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean
storm motion vector 25040.

...Goss