URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 564
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
450 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
MIDDLE TENNESSEE
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 450 PM
UNTIL 1100 PM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES
POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SUPERCELLS IN A BROKEN BAND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE QUICKLY
NORTHEASTWARD FROM NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN TENNESSEE INTO
NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH LATE EVENING.
TORNADOES...A COUPLE OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
LARGE HAIL WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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.
