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SEL2
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 132
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1000 AM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southern and Eastern Alabama
Florida Panhandle
Western and Northern Georgia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Sunday morning and evening from 1000 AM until
600 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Severe storm potential, including a few supercells ahead
of a convective line, may increase into the afternoon across the
region, with the strongest storms posing a tornado risk aside from
damaging winds.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles
east and west of a line from 25 miles north of Atlanta GA to 50
miles east of Mobile AL. 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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 131...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 24030.
...Guyer
SEL2
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 132
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1000 AM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southern and Eastern Alabama
Florida Panhandle
Western and Northern Georgia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Sunday morning and evening from 1000 AM until
600 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Severe storm potential, including a few supercells ahead
of a convective line, may increase into the afternoon across the
region, with the strongest storms posing a tornado risk aside from
damaging winds.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles
east and west of a line from 25 miles north of Atlanta GA to 50
miles east of Mobile AL. 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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 131...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 24030.
...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 132 TORNADO AL FL GA CW 061500Z - 062300Z
AXIS..75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
25N ATL/ATLANTA GA/ - 50E MOB/MOBILE AL/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 65NM E/W /22N ATL - 39WSW CEW/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
LAT...LON 33988312 30678615 30678867 33988574
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU2.
Watch 132 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
Low (20%)
Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
Mod (40%)
Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
Low (10%)
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
Low (<5%)
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
Low (<5%)
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
Mod (60%)
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.
