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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 59
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
820 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN ALABAMA
FAR NORTHWEST GEORGIA
MIDDLE INTO EASTERN TENNESSEE
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 820 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 0.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...BROKEN BANDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. A FEW STRONGER CELLS
EMBEDDED WITHIN THE BANDS WILL POTENTIALLY POSE THE GREATEST SEVERE
RISK. A FEW TORNADOES, INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE OF
STRONG TORNADOES, AND SEVERE GUSTS 60-80 MPH ARE THE MAIN THREATS
WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE TN TO
35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HUNTSVILLE AL. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU9).
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 53...WW 54...WW 55...WW
56...WW 57...WW 58...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.
...SMITH
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