Tornado Watch for North-Central Alabama until 10 PM

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA
A SMALL PART OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF GADSDEN ALABAMA. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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…SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE WIND
SHIFT ACROSS CENTRAL/NRN MS…IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN EJECTING
MID-UPPER JET STREAK. RECOVERY FROM THE MORNING MCS HAS BEEN SLOWED
BY CONTINUED STORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE GULF COAST…AND LAPSE
RATES ALOFT REMAIN RELATIVELY POOR PER 18Z BMX AND 20Z UAH
SOUNDINGS. ADDITIONALLY…THE WIND PROFILES ARE CHARACTERIZED BY
MODEST LOW-LEVEL SHEAR AND VERY STRONG SPEED SHEAR ALOFT…IN THE
ZONE OF POOR LAPSE RATES. THERE ARE A FEW CONCERNS REGARDING ANY
HIGHER-END SEVERE WEATHER THREAT…BUT STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR
SUPERCELLS AND/OR EVOLUTION OF STORMS INTO A CLUSTER LATER. A
COUPLE OF TORNADOES ARE STILL POSSIBLE…ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BIBB BLOUNT CALHOUN
CHEROKEE CHILTON COLBERT
CULLMAN DEKALB ETOWAH
FAYETTE FRANKLIN GREENE
HALE JACKSON JEFFERSON
LAMAR LAUDERDALE LAWRENCE
LIMESTONE MADISON MARENGO
MARION MARSHALL MORGAN
PERRY PICKENS SHELBY
ST. CLAIR SUMTER TALLADEGA
TUSCALOOSA WALKER WINSTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ALABASTER…ALICEVILLE…ANNISTON…
BIRMINGHAM…BRENT…CARROLLTON…CENTRE…CENTREVILLE…
CLANTON…COLUMBIANA…DEMOPOLIS…EUTAW…FAYETTE…GADSDEN…
GREENSBORO…HALEYVILLE…HAMILTON…HOOVER…JACKSONVILLE…
JASPER…LINDEN…LIVINGSTON…MARION…MOODY…MOUNDVILLE…
ONEONTA…PELHAM…PELL CITY…SULLIGENT…SYLACAUGA…
TALLADEGA…TUSCALOOSA…UNIONTOWN…VERNON AND YORK.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather