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SEL4
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 104
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1135 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Northwest Alabama
Central and Eastern Kentucky
Northern Mississippi
Middle Tennessee
* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1135
PM until 600 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely
SUMMARY...A line of strong to severe thunderstorms will persist
through the night across the watch area. While a slow overall
weakening trend is expected, very strong wind fields and sufficient
instability will maintain some risk of isolated severe storms for
several more hours. Locally damaging winds and isolated tornadoes
are the main concern.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles
east and west of a line from 60 miles east northeast of Lexington KY
to 30 miles south southwest of Oxford MS. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU4).
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 98...WW 102...WW 103...
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.
...Hart
SEL4
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 104
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1135 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Northwest Alabama
Central and Eastern Kentucky
Northern Mississippi
Middle Tennessee
* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1135
PM until 600 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely
SUMMARY...A line of strong to severe thunderstorms will persist
through the night across the watch area. While a slow overall
weakening trend is expected, very strong wind fields and sufficient
instability will maintain some risk of isolated severe storms for
several more hours. Locally damaging winds and isolated tornadoes
are the main concern.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles
east and west of a line from 60 miles east northeast of Lexington KY
to 30 miles south southwest of Oxford MS. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU4).
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 98...WW 102...WW 103...
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.
...Hart
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW4
WW 104 TORNADO AL KY MS TN 030435Z - 031100Z
AXIS..55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
60ENE LEX/LEXINGTON KY/ - 30SSW UOX/OXFORD MS/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 50NM E/W /66SE CVG - 42NE SQS/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
LAT...LON 38348256 33978877 33979069 38348459
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU4.
Watch 104 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 104
VALID 030720Z - 030840Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM CKV TO 5 SW
BWG TO 35 SW LEX TO 15 NE LEX TO 55 SE LUK.
..LEITMAN..04/03/25
ATTN...WFO...HUN...LMK...JKL...PAH...MEG...OHX...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 104
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
ALC033-077-030840-
AL
. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
COLBERT LAUDERDALE
$$
KYC001-003-009-011-017-021-045-049-053-057-063-065-067-069-079-
087-109-113-125-129-137-147-151-155-165-167-169-171-173-175-181-
189-197-199-203-205-207-213-227-231-237-030840-
KY
. KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAIR ALLEN BARREN
BATH BOURBON BOYLE
CASEY CLARK CLINTON
CUMBERLAND ELLIOTT ESTILL
FAYETTE FLEMING GARRARD
GREEN JACKSON JESSAMINE
LAUREL LEE LINCOLN
MCCREARY MADISON MARION
MENIFEE MERCER METCALFE
MONROE MONTGOMERY MORGAN
NICHOLAS OWSLEY POWELL
PULASKI ROCKCASTLE ROWAN
RUSSELL SIMPSON WARREN
WAYNE WOLFE
$$
MSC003-009-013-027-071-081-093-107-115-117-119-135-137-139-141-
145-161-030840-
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN
COAHOMA LAFAYETTE LEE
MARSHALL PANOLA PONTOTOC
PRENTISS QUITMAN TALLAHATCHIE
TATE TIPPAH TISHOMINGO
UNION YALOBUSHA
$$
TNC003-015-021-027-037-039-041-043-049-055-071-081-083-085-087-
099-101-109-111-117-119-125-133-135-137-141-147-149-159-165-169-
181-187-189-030840-
TN
. TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BEDFORD CANNON CHEATHAM
CLAY DAVIDSON DECATUR
DE KALB DICKSON FENTRESS
GILES HARDIN HICKMAN
HOUSTON HUMPHREYS JACKSON
LAWRENCE LEWIS MCNAIRY
MACON MARSHALL MAURY
MONTGOMERY OVERTON PERRY
PICKETT PUTNAM ROBERTSON
RUTHERFORD SMITH SUMNER
TROUSDALE WAYNE WILLIAMSON
WILSON
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 104
VALID 030600Z - 030740Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 NNE BWG
TO 30 SE SDF TO 20 N LEX TO 30 S LUK.
..LEITMAN..04/03/25
ATTN...WFO...HUN...LMK...JKL...PAH...MEG...OHX...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 104
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
ALC033-077-030740-
AL
. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
COLBERT LAUDERDALE
$$
KYC001-003-005-009-011-017-021-045-049-053-057-061-063-065-067-
069-073-079-087-097-099-109-113-123-125-129-137-147-151-155-165-
167-169-171-173-175-179-181-189-197-199-203-205-207-209-213-217-
219-227-229-231-237-239-030740-
KY
. KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAIR ALLEN ANDERSON
BARREN BATH BOURBON
BOYLE CASEY CLARK
CLINTON CUMBERLAND EDMONSON
ELLIOTT ESTILL FAYETTE
FLEMING FRANKLIN GARRARD
GREEN HARRISON HART
JACKSON JESSAMINE LARUE
LAUREL LEE LINCOLN
MCCREARY MADISON MARION
MENIFEE MERCER METCALFE
MONROE MONTGOMERY MORGAN
NELSON NICHOLAS OWSLEY
POWELL PULASKI ROCKCASTLE
ROWAN RUSSELL SCOTT
SIMPSON TAYLOR TODD
WARREN WASHINGTON WAYNE
WOLFE WOODFORD
$$
MSC003-009-013-027-071-081-093-107-115-117-119-135-137-139-141-
145-161-030740-
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN
COAHOMA LAFAYETTE LEE
MARSHALL PANOLA PONTOTOC
PRENTISS QUITMAN TALLAHATCHIE
TATE TIPPAH TISHOMINGO
UNION YALOBUSHA
$$
TNC003-015-021-027-037-039-041-043-049-055-071-081-083-085-087-
099-101-109-111-117-119-125-133-135-137-141-147-149-159-165-169-
181-187-189-030740-
TN
. TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BEDFORD CANNON CHEATHAM
CLAY DAVIDSON DECATUR
DE KALB DICKSON FENTRESS
GILES HARDIN HICKMAN
HOUSTON HUMPHREYS JACKSON
LAWRENCE LEWIS MCNAIRY
MACON MARSHALL MAURY
MONTGOMERY OVERTON PERRY
PICKETT PUTNAM ROBERTSON
RUTHERFORD SMITH SUMNER
TROUSDALE WAYNE WILLIAMSON
WILSON
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
Mod (60%)
Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
Mod (60%)
Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
Low (10%)
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
Mod (60%)
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
Low (10%)
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
High (>95%)
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.
