Note:
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SEL5
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 125
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
450 PM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southeast Arkansas
Northeast Louisiana
Central and Northern Mississippi
Southwest Tennessee
* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 450 PM until Midnight
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 possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will track northeastward across the watch
area through the evening hours, as low-level wind profiles intensify
in a very moist and unstable airmass. Tornadoes and locally
damaging wind gusts are the primary threats.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
east and west of a line from 75 miles north northeast of Tupelo MS
to 25 miles southeast of Monroe LA. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 122...WW 123...WW 124...
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
SEL5
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 125
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
450 PM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southeast Arkansas
Northeast Louisiana
Central and Northern Mississippi
Southwest Tennessee
* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 450 PM until Midnight
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 possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will track northeastward across the watch
area through the evening hours, as low-level wind profiles intensify
in a very moist and unstable airmass. Tornadoes and locally
damaging wind gusts are the primary threats.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
east and west of a line from 75 miles north northeast of Tupelo MS
to 25 miles southeast of Monroe LA. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 122...WW 123...WW 124...
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.
SAW5
WW 125 TORNADO AR LA MS TN 052150Z - 060500Z
AXIS..50 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
75NNE TUP/TUPELO MS/ - 25SE MLU/MONROE LA/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 45NM E/W /52NW MSL - 22SE MLU/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
LAT...LON 35278737 32259087 32259258 35278915
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU5.
Watch 125 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 125
VALID 052230Z - 052340Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..DEAN..04/05/25
ATTN...WFO...JAN...MEG...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 125
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
ARC003-017-052340-
AR
. ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ASHLEY CHICOT
$$
LAC035-065-067-083-123-052340-
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
EAST CARROLL MADISON MOREHOUSE
RICHLAND WEST CARROLL
$$
MSC003-009-011-013-015-017-025-043-051-053-055-057-071-081-083-
093-095-097-107-115-117-125-133-135-139-141-145-149-151-155-161-
163-052340-
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALCORN BENTON BOLIVAR
CALHOUN CARROLL CHICKASAW
CLAY GRENADA HOLMES
HUMPHREYS ISSAQUENA ITAWAMBA
LAFAYETTE LEE LEFLORE
MARSHALL MONROE MONTGOMERY
PANOLA PONTOTOC PRENTISS
SHARKEY SUNFLOWER TALLAHATCHIE
TIPPAH TISHOMINGO UNION
WARREN WASHINGTON WEBSTER
YALOBUSHA YAZOO
$$
TNC023-069-071-109-052340-
TN
. TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CHESTER HARDEMAN HARDIN
MCNAIRY
$$
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
High (70%)
Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
Low (10%)
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
Mod (50%)
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.
