Tornado Watch Issued to Our West

Things are beginning to get a bit more interesting to our west as the severe weather threat is increasing. Check Bill Murray’s blog post below on why we will see another busy afternoon for the region. Storms are beginning to develop along the Mississippi River and will be heading east across the watch area. Later today, we will likely see a watch issued for portions of Central Alabama. Stay weather aware today!!!

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1245 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES
POSSIBLE
WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES WEST OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.
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.

DISCUSSION…THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTENSIFY BOTH ALONG A RETREATING
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN SE MS/SW AL…AND IN THE EXPANDING WARM SECTOR
FROM NE LA INTO MS THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DESTABILIZATION AND STRONG
DEEP-LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR WILL FAVOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES…LARGE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS. A COUPLE STRONG
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE MOST INTENSE
SUPERCELLS…AS WELL AS ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL. BY ABOUT MID
AFTERNOON…THE SEVERE THREAT WILL SPREAD EWD INTO W CENTRAL AL.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather