WW 97 TORNADO AL MS TN 312255Z – 010600Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 97
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
555 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Northwestern Alabama
Northern Mississippi
Western and Middle Tennessee
* Effective this Friday afternoon and Saturday morning from 555
PM until 100 AM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
* Primary threats include...
Several tornadoes and a few intense tornadoes likely
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...The threat for both discrete, tornadic supercells and an
eventual severe squall line will spread across the watch area
through the evening. A favorably unstable, strong-shear environment
will support the threat for significant (EF2+) tornadoes. Severe
thunderstorm gusts and large, locally damaging hail also are
expected.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles
east and west of a line from 40 miles south of Oxford MS to 25 miles
east northeast of Clarksville TN. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 93...WW 94...WW 95...WW
96...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
storm motion vector 25045.
...Edwards
