Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 23

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 23
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   925 PM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Eastern Alabama
     Western Georgia

   * Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 925 PM
     until 300 AM CST.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...A line of storms will continue to pose a risk for wind
   damage, and possibly a brief tornado risk, from eastern Alabama into
   western Georgia.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
   statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles northwest of
   Rome GA to 20 miles east southeast of Troy AL. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
   favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
   tornadoes.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 22...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
   24040.

   ...Guyer

   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 23
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   925 PM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Eastern Alabama
     Western Georgia

   * Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 925 PM
     until 300 AM CST.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...A line of storms will continue to pose a risk for wind
   damage, and possibly a brief tornado risk, from eastern Alabama into
   western Georgia.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
   statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles northwest of
   Rome GA to 20 miles east southeast of Troy AL. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
   favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
   tornadoes.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 22...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
   24040.

   ...Guyer

Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

   SAW3 
   WW 23 SEVERE TSTM AL GA 050325Z - 050900Z
   AXIS..45 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
   50NW RMG/ROME GA/ - 20ESE TOI/TROY AL/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 40NM E/W /32W GQO - 42SE MGM/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..0.5 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.

   LAT...LON 34868500 31768494 31768647 34868659

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU3.

Watch 23 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.

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Tornadoes

Wind

Hail

Combined Severe Hail/Wind

For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.