SPC Tornado Watch 309

WW 309 TORNADO AL 202345Z – 210600Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 309
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
645 PM CDT Tue May 20 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Central Alabama

* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 645 PM
  until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Supercells and thunderstorm clusters will move
east-southeastward across parts of central Alabama this evening and
into the early overnight hours. A few tornadoes and occasional large
to very large hail will be possible with the more discrete
convection. An increasing threat for severe/damaging winds may exist
later this evening as thunderstorms grow upscale into a line.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
north and south of a line from 45 miles west of Tuscaloosa AL to 35
miles northeast of Anniston AL. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 303...WW 304...WW
305...WW 306...WW 307...WW 308...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 28030.

...Gleason

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