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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 131
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
NORTHWEST GEORGIA
FAR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 245 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES. LOW-LEVEL WIND FIELDS REMAIN STRONG,
SUPPORTING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING GUSTS AND LINE-EMBEDDED
TORNADOES. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS ALSO SOME CHANCE FOR A FEW STORMS
AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUGGEST THAT ANY
PERSISTENT DISCRETE STORMS COULD BECOME SUPERCELLULAR AND CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING GUSTS AND TORNADOES.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 135 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIRMINGHAM AL
TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROME GA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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 128...WW 129...WW 130...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...MOSIER
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