Tornado Watch for our North Alabama Counties Until 9 pm

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 79
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
305 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2024

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST ALABAMA
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY…IN THE WAKE OF EARLIER CLOUDS/RAINFALL, CLOUD BREAKS ARE
ALLOWING DESTABILIZATION ACROSS TENNESSEE WHERE NEW STORMS COULD
FORM THIS AFTERNOON, WHILE OTHER STORMS SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD FROM
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE ENVIRONMENT IS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES (INCLUDING AN ISOLATED STRONG/EF2+
TORNADO OR TWO), DAMAGING GUSTS OF 60-75 MPH, AND LARGE HAIL OF
1-1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE
TN TO 20 MILES EAST OF TUPELO MS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 76…WW 77…WW 78…

AVIATION…TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.

…THOMPSON

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