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Tornado Watch for Central Alabama until 8 AM

| April 7, 2014 @ 1:17 am

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New tornado watch is valid until 8 AM. It includes locations along and south of Interstate 20 including Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Anniston, Clanton, Montgomery, Auburn, and Demopolis.

Low level shear is increasing as the warm front lifts north. Warm front is currently along U.S. Highway 80 across the Black Belt Region of Alabama. Front will continue to lift north and will bring with the increasing threat of severe weather, that includes tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds, and flooding.

4-7-2014 1-29-20 AM

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 115 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF BIRMINGHAM
ALABAMA TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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.

IN CENTRAL ALABAMA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

AUTAUGA BIBB CHILTON
COOSA DALLAS ELMORE
JEFFERSON LOWNDES MONTGOMERY
PERRY SHELBY ST. CLAIR
TALLADEGA
CALHOUN CHAMBERS CLAY
CLEBURNE LEE MACON
RANDOLPH RUSSELL TALLAPOOSA
BARBOUR BULLOCK PIKE
GREENE HALE MARENGO
PICKENS SUMTER TUSCALOOSA

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ALABASTER…ALEXANDER CITY…
ALICEVILLE…ANNISTON…ASHLAND…AUBURN…BIRMINGHAM…BRENT…
CARROLLTON…CENTREVILLE…CLANTON…COLUMBIANA…DEMOPOLIS…
EUFAULA…EUTAW…FORT DEPOSIT…GREENSBORO…HEFLIN…HOOVER…
JACKSONVILLE…LANETT…LINDEN…LINEVILLE…LIVINGSTON…
LOWNDESBORO…MARION…MILLBROOK…MONTGOMERY…MOODY…
MOUNDVILLE…OPELIKA…PELHAM…PELL CITY…PHENIX CITY…
PRATTVILLE…ROANOKE…ROCKFORD…SELMA…SYLACAUGA…TALLADEGA…
TROY…TUSCALOOSA…TUSKEGEE…UNION SPRINGS…UNIONTOWN…
VALLEY…WETUMPKA AND YORK.

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