User blog comment:SPCBlackfordCounty995Main/4 dead in tornadoes with a second day of tornadoes today./@comment-26074320-20170121205900/@comment-33214248-20170122005626

PDS TORNADO WATCH!?!?!?! URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 17 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK   650 PM CST Sat Jan 21 2017 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a   * Tornado Watch for portions of       Central and southern Alabama Western and central Florida Panhandle Small part of southeastern Mississippi Coastal Waters * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 650 PM     until 300 AM CST. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...    * Primary threats include... Several tornadoes and a few intense tornadoes likely Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible Isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...A cluster of storms now moving into extreme southwestern Alabama is the first of what likely will be several areas of severe weather moving across this watch overnight. As a warm front moves northward across the region, conditions will moisten and destabilize considerably amidst strong vertical shear. The resulting parameter space is one often associated with long-lasting, intense tornadoes rated EF2 or greater. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 100 statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles north of Mobile AL to 50 miles south of Columbus 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. &&   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 15...WW 16... AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 25030.