Tornado Watch 7

Issued

Jan 1, 2022, 6:53 PM CST (00:53 UTC)

Expired

Jan 2, 2022, 2:00 AM CST

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), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

5%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 11 Tornado watch 3...4...5Jan 1, 3:27 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 12 Tornado watch 4Jan 1, 5:53 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 13 Tornado watch 4...5...6Jan 1, 6:02 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 14 Tornado watch 7Jan 1, 8:30 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 15 Tornado watch 6Jan 1, 9:11 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 16 Tornado watch 7...8Jan 1, 11:19 PM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 7
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
750 PM EST Sat Jan 1 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Northern Alabama
  Northern Georgia
  Western North Carolina
  Eastern Tennessee

* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 750 PM
  until 300 AM EST.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

SUMMARY...Clusters of severe storms including some
embedded/semi-discrete supercells will continue to quickly spread
east-northeastward across the region through the late evening and
early overnight hours. A seasonably moist and modestly unstable
environment will support a damaging wind/tornado risk in the
presence of strengthening low/mid-level winds, which will support
rotating storms.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles
north and south of a line from 50 miles west southwest of Huntsville
AL to 35 miles east of Knoxville 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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 4...WW 5...WW 6...

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 25045.

...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.