Tornado Watch 513

Issued

Oct 6, 2021, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)

Expired

Oct 6, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

30%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

20%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

5%

Ten or more severe hail reports

10%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

50%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1805 Severe potential...watch possibleOct 6, 1:26 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1806 Tornado watch 513Oct 6, 5:25 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1807 Tornado watch 513Oct 6, 7:31 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 513
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
250 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Northern and central Alabama
  Northwest Georgia
  Middle and Southeast Tennessee

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 250 PM
  until 1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...A very moist and increasingly unstable environment,
coincident with moderately strong shear, will support the
possibility of some severe storms/supercells as storms continue to
increase and move generally to the north through late afternoon and
evening.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
east and west of a line from 80 miles northwest of Chattanooga TN to
25 miles south of Anniston AL. For a complete depiction of the watch
see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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.

&&

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 450. Mean
storm motion vector 18020.

...Guyer

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.