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SPC WW 182302
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 642
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
505 PM CST THU DEC 18 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND NORTHERN ALABAMA
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 505 PM UNTIL
900 PM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A FEW SUPERCELLS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO MATURE AND
MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST WITHIN A MOIST AND STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. GRADUAL DESTABILIZATION WILL OCCUR
IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF THE STORM ACTIVITY THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY
THREATS ACCOMPANYING THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING GUSTS AND
THE POSSIBILITY FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF HUNTSVILLE
AL TO 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS MS. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 350. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
...SMITH
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