Sunday, April 14, 2019

SPC Tornado Watch 57

WW 57 TORNADO AL TN 140600Z - 141400Z
WW 0057 Image

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 57
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
100 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Eastern Alabama
  Southern middle and southeastern Tennessee

* Effective this Sunday morning from 100 AM until 900 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...This watch wraps around northern and eastern sides of
tornado watch 55, per coordination with affected local NWS offices. 
A band of severe thunderstorms may pose a continuing risk of wind
damage and sporadic tornadoes as it moves across the new watch area
through the pre-dawn hours. See SPC mesoscale discussion 333 for
initial meteorological reasoning.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
east and west of a line from 5 miles south southwest of Montgomery
AL to 70 miles north northeast of Huntsville AL. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 55...WW 56...

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 24035.

...Edwards

Read more

from SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0057.html

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