Saturday, March 15, 2025

Tornado Watch



And here goes round one. 

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

   Tornado Watch Number 42

   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

   235 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025


   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a


   * Tornado Watch for portions of 

     Western and Northern Alabama

     Southern Middle Tennessee


   * Effective this Saturday morning from 235 AM until 1000 AM CDT.


   * 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 cluster of severe thunderstorms will continue northeast

   on the eastern periphery of a moist and unstable warm sector.  A few

   supercells will be potentially capable of a tornado risk, as well as

   a risk for damaging gusts and perhaps some hail through the early

   morning.


   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

   east and west of a line from 100 miles north of Huntsville AL to 40

   miles south of Tuscaloosa AL. For a complete depiction of the watch

   see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).


   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 36...WW 37...WW 38...WW

   40...WW 41...


   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 450. Mean

   storm motion vector 24040.


   ...Smith


 WOUS64 KWNS 150731

   WOU2


   BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

   TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 42

   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

   235 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2025


   TORNADO WATCH 42 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR THE

    FOLLOWING LOCATIONS


   ALC033-043-057-059-063-075-077-079-083-089-093-103-107-119-125-

   127-133-151500-

   /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0042.250315T0735Z-250315T1500Z/


   AL 

   .    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE


   COLBERT              CULLMAN             FAYETTE             

   FRANKLIN             GREENE              LAMAR               

   LAUDERDALE           LAWRENCE            LIMESTONE           

   MADISON              MARION              MORGAN              

   PICKENS              SUMTER              TUSCALOOSA          

   WALKER               WINSTON             



   TNC003-015-031-051-055-081-099-101-103-117-119-127-135-149-181-

   187-151500-

   /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0042.250315T0735Z-250315T1500Z/


   TN 

   .    TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE


   BEDFORD              CANNON              COFFEE              

   FRANKLIN             GILES               HICKMAN             

   LAWRENCE             LEWIS               LINCOLN             

   MARSHALL             MAURY               MOORE               

   PERRY                RUTHERFORD          WAYNE               

   WILLIAMSON           



   ATTN...WFO...HUN...OHX...BMX...

And here we go. Will post details above.

Our Tornado Watch should come out within the next hour. 


And that storm coming out of MS earlier had a confirmed tornado with it. It still is showing rotation on radar. 

 Mesoscale Discussion 0192

   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

   0203 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025


   Areas affected...Western middle Tennessee into west

   central/northwest Alabama


   Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible 


   Valid 150703Z - 150830Z


   Probability of Watch Issuance...60 percent


   SUMMARY...Severe/tornado threat may spread into parts of middle

   Tennessee and west central/northwest Alabama through the early

   morning.  A new tornado watch may be needed.


   DISCUSSION...Warm sector supercells, including a long-lived tornadic

   storm in northeast MS, will continue to spread northeastward along

   the east edge of the richer low-level moisture.  Low-level

   trajectories from the south and south-southeast suggest that

   moisture increases into AL and middle TN will be gradual.  However,

   near-surface moistening will be sufficient to maintain the storm

   clusters, along with some continued tornado threat near and a little

   east of the longitude of the MS/AL border.  This area will continue

   to be monitored for the possibility of a new tornado watch by

   roughly 08z.


   ..Thompson/Smith.. 03/15/2025


   ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...


   ATTN...WFO...LMK...OHX...BMX...HUN...PAH...MEG...


   LAT...LON   36598590 35088643 33928673 33058722 32338799 32388836

               33778817 35088804 36048788 36668730 36598590

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