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Severe 5/19-21 2025 Severe

Just one run but the 0z 3k NAM and HRRR did juice up the STP quite a bit tomorrow evening over northern Alabama/ NW Georgia IMG_4517.pngIMG_4518.png
 
Reed just took a direct hit from a tornado west of Huntsville. Insane footage. Holy crap
 
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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.

&&

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.
 
The tornado with this storm in Alabama is back down and getting bigger.

Huntsville really dodged a massive bullet here apparently with the tornado cycling before it hit the town, from the way it sounded with it being close, the TOR-E issued was the right idea.

Edit: At least it's down per radar and is messing up trees.
 
Reeds intercept was just crazy. Goes to show how a weaker broad tornado can have a suction vortices really crank up and get violent quickly. Lucky the dominator only got spun sideways and not rolled over
 
Really hoping this busts for those of us in and around Birmingham. Hate the overnight threats with little ones. Will be interesting to watch it unfold
 
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