Tornado Watch #62

Scroll down for Dr. Tim and Brian’s anaylsis of this severe weather event…

Note the high risk of tornadoes within this watch…as well as severe hail and severe wind…and the moderate risk of EF2+ tornadoes…

Here are the counties…

BMX issues Tornado Watch for Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker [AL] till 8:00 PM CDT

Here is the full text…

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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 62
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
115 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

LARGE PART OF ALABAMA
A LARGE PART OF WESTERN GEORGIA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL
900 PM EDT.

TORNADOES…HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER…THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH…AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MOULTRIE GEORGIA TO 40 MILES WEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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.

DISCUSSION…THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AS AIR MASS HAS BECOME MDTLY UNSTABLE IN A
FAVORABLE SHEAR ENVIRONMENT FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY INCLUDING TORNADIC SUPERCELLS THRU THE
AFTERNOON AS STORMS DEVELOP ALONG AND S OF E/W FRONTAL ZONE THRU NRN
AL INTO CENTRAL GA. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A STRONG TORNADO
BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

AVIATION…TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.

…HALES

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather