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Tornado Watch 128
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WW0128 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood High Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 128
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   830 PM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Northern Alabama
     Southern Middle Tennessee

   * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 830 PM
     until 300 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
       to 75 mph possible
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...A cluster of supercell thunderstorms over northeast
   Mississippi will track across the watch area with a continued risk
   of tornadoes and damaging winds.  Other strong to severe storms will
   also move across the watch area through the early morning hours.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles
   north and south of a line from 35 miles west southwest of Muscle
   Shoals AL to 105 miles northeast of Huntsville AL. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

   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 123...WW 124...WW
   125...WW 126...WW 127...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 24035.

   ...Hart
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