Tornado Watch – NW Alabama
SPC has issued a tornado watch for Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence & Limestone Counties in Alabama until 04:00 AM.
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 376
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
835 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA
PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
LARGE PART OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY
MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
PARTS OF WESTERN OHIO
MUCH OF MIDDLE AND PARTS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 835 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CDT.
TORNADOES…HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER…THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 90 MPH…AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUPELO
MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAYTON OHIO. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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…THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 370…TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 371…TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 372. WATCH NUMBER 370 371 372 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
835 PM CDT. CONTINUE…WW 373…WW 374…WW 375…
DISCUSSION…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADIC SUPERCELLS
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EWD ACROSS OH AND TN VALLEYS. VERY
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND
MOVE EWD ACROSS THE WATCH. STILL POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG
TORNADOES BOTH WITH THE QLCS LINE AND MORE DISCRETE STORMS IN
ADVANCE.
AVIATION…TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
Category: Severe Weather
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