Storm Prediction Center Tornado Watch 122

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   SEL2

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 122
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   955 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Southern and Eastern Arkansas
     Northern Louisiana
     Northern Mississippi
     Western Tennessee
     Northeast Texas

   * Effective this Saturday morning and evening from 955 AM until
     700 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Severe storms including supercells are expected to
   increase through late morning into the afternoon, with tornadoes,
   damaging winds, and hail all possible. See Mesoscale Discussion 409
   for additional meteorological details.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles
   north and south of a line from 20 miles south of Longview TX to 35
   miles east northeast of Jackson TN. 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 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
   storm motion vector 23035.

   ...Guyer

   SEL2

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 122
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   955 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Southern and Eastern Arkansas
     Northern Louisiana
     Northern Mississippi
     Western Tennessee
     Northeast Texas

   * Effective this Saturday morning and evening from 955 AM until
     700 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Severe storms including supercells are expected to
   increase through late morning into the afternoon, with tornadoes,
   damaging winds, and hail all possible. See Mesoscale Discussion 409
   for additional meteorological details.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles
   north and south of a line from 20 miles south of Longview TX to 35
   miles east northeast of Jackson TN. 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 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
   storm motion vector 23035.

   ...Guyer

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

   SAW2 
   WW 122 TORNADO AR LA MS TN TX 051455Z - 060000Z
   AXIS..65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
   20S GGG/LONGVIEW TX/ - 35ENE MKL/JACKSON TN/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 55NM N/S /20S GGG - 49ESE DYR/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.

   LAT...LON 33039472 36738834 34848834 31159472

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU2.

Watch 122 Status Report Messages:

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 122

VALID 051700Z - 051840Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SSW GGG
TO 20 N SHV TO 40 N ELD TO 5 SSW LIT.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 411

..BENTLEY..04/05/25

ATTN...WFO...LZK...JAN...SHV...MEG...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WT 122 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

ARC001-003-011-013-017-025-027-031-035-037-039-041-043-053-067-
069-073-077-079-085-093-095-103-107-111-117-123-139-145-147-
051840-

AR 
.    ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ARKANSAS	     ASHLEY		 BRADLEY	     
CALHOUN 	     CHICOT		 CLEVELAND	     
COLUMBIA	     CRAIGHEAD		 CRITTENDEN	     
CROSS		     DALLAS		 DESHA		     
DREW		     GRANT		 JACKSON	     
JEFFERSON	     LAFAYETTE		 LEE		     
LINCOLN 	     LONOKE		 MISSISSIPPI	     
MONROE		     OUACHITA		 PHILLIPS	     
POINSETT	     PRAIRIE		 ST. FRANCIS	     
UNION		     WHITE		 WOODRUFF	     
$$


LAC013-015-017-027-031-049-061-067-069-073-081-085-111-119-127-
051840-

LA 
.    LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE

BIENVILLE	     BOSSIER		 CADDO		     
CLAIBORNE	     DE SOTO		 JACKSON	     
LINCOLN 	     MOREHOUSE		 NATCHITOCHES	     
OUACHITA	     RED RIVER		 SABINE 	     
UNION		     WEBSTER		 WINN		     
$$


MSC003-009-011-027-033-071-083-093-107-117-119-133-135-137-139-
141-143-145-151-161-051840-

MS 
.    MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALCORN		     BENTON		 BOLIVAR	     
COAHOMA 	     DESOTO		 LAFAYETTE	     
LEFLORE 	     MARSHALL		 PANOLA 	     
PRENTISS	     QUITMAN		 SUNFLOWER	     
TALLAHATCHIE	     TATE		 TIPPAH 	     
TISHOMINGO	     TUNICA		 UNION		     
WASHINGTON	     YALOBUSHA		 
$$


TNC005-017-023-033-039-045-047-053-069-071-075-077-079-097-109-
113-131-157-167-183-051840-

TN 
.    TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BENTON		     CARROLL		 CHESTER	     
CROCKETT	     DECATUR		 DYER		     
FAYETTE 	     GIBSON		 HARDEMAN	     
HARDIN		     HAYWOOD		 HENDERSON	     
HENRY		     LAUDERDALE 	 MCNAIRY	     
MADISON 	     OBION		 SHELBY 	     
TIPTON		     WEAKLEY		 
$$


TXC005-347-365-403-405-419-051840-

TX 
.    TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ANGELINA	     NACOGDOCHES	 PANOLA 	     
SABINE		     SAN AUGUSTINE	 SHELBY 	     
$$


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.
$$

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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.