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