PDS Tornado Watch Issued for a Few Counties in the Tennessee Valley Until 1 am
The Storm Prediction Center and NWS Huntsville has issued a PDS Tornado Watch effective immediately for Colbert, Franklin, and Lauderdale counties in the Tennessee Valley until 1 am Saturday morning.
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Northwestern Alabama
Northern Mississippi
Western and Middle Tennessee
* Effective this Friday afternoon and Saturday morning from 555
PM until 100 AM CDT.
…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 80
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY… The threat for both discrete, tornadic supercells and an
eventual severe squall line will spread across the watch area
through the evening. A favorably unstable, strong-shear environment
will support the threat for significant (EF2+) tornadoes. Severe
thunderstorm gusts and large, locally damaging hail also are
expected.
Category: Alabama's Weather, ALL POSTS, Severe Weather
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