Tornado Watch Extended East

We do have a possible tornado up around Tullahoma. 

But overall the storms in our vicinity are staying better behaved. This is a reminder that the night is not over. Those tan boxes are storms that are under severe limits but packing enough of a punch to require statements to be issued on them. 

Of course if you are in the tornado warning in Tennessee, take your tornado precautions and stay in that safe place until this is over. 

8:07 PM - Colbert and Lauderdale Counties are now clear from the Tornado Watch. 

8:23 - Now Lawrence and Giles Counties in Tennessee have been cleared from the Tornado Watch. It is a little out of our neighborhood, but . . . well nevermind, they have cancelled the Tornado Warning in Coffee County, Tennessee, regardless of what the above graphic shows. Last I read, they have replaced it with a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. So damaging winds and maybe some hail are still possible. 

8:36 - Special Weather Statements up around Huntsville and also down around Jasper. Hail from pea to nickel size and winds up to 30, 40, even 50-mile per hour gusts are possible, even though these storms are not thought to be severe at this point. 

That storm that earlier produced a possible tornado in Coffee County TN has a Severe Thunderstorm Warning now. 

8:39 - And now Moulton . . . 

Actually I made a mistake, not Huntsville, the other strong storm was more up from Hazel Green up to Fayetteville. 

8:51 - Another stronger storm coming at Morgan City.

8:56 - Several of these thunderstorms are producing a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning, some pretty heavy rain, gusty winds, and even some small hail. But for the moment, everything appears to be staying under severe limits. The watch goes until Midnight for most, 2 AM for a few others further East. 

9:09 PM - And now a special weather statement that does include Huntsville. Basically just stay inside and away from windows and electrical stuff for these storms, and you should be fine. Just common sense thunderstorm safety. 

Glad we didn't have the situation they did in North Nashville, Hendersonville, Gallation, and I think also Springfield earlier today. There were a lot of variables at play, and it could have happened somewhere closer to home if a few things had evolved just a little differently. Frankly feeling sad for the people who did get the worst of this system. For those people, this definitely overperformed. 

9:15 - All we've got now is a messy line of thunderstorms that are staying under severe limits. This is really good for our drought we're coming out of. 

9:28 - Franklin County AL has also now been cleared from the tornado watch. The overall severe weather threat is diminishing. 

9:35 - The severe threat is shifting more into Northeast Alabama. Even there, the risk is low. 

9:44 - We do have a flash flood warning now for Bledsoe, Marion, and Sequatchie Counties in Tennessee. The other boxes you see are just special weather statements for storms that are on the strong side but under severe limits. 

9:48 - All right the Tornado Watch is being cleared out more. The only counties that border us in TN still under the watch are Franklin and Marion. 

On the Alabama side, Madison, Jackson, Morgan, Cullman, points East, back down to Walker and even back to Marion County are still under it. But Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, and Limestone Counties in North Alabama have been cleared from the watch now. 

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

   Tornado Watch Number 717

   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

   845 PM EST Sat Dec 9 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 

     northern Alabama

     northwestern Georgia

     southeastern Tennessee

   * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 845 PM

     until 300 AM EST.

   * Primary threats include...

     A couple tornadoes possible

     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

   SUMMARY...An advancing line of strong/locally severe thunderstorms

   will continue moving eastward into/across the southern Appalachians

   region this evening and into the overnight period.  Locally damaging

   wind gusts, and a brief tornado or two, will be the main risks with

   these storms.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

   east and west of a line from 60 miles northeast of Chattanooga TN to

   50 miles west southwest of Rome GA. For a complete depiction of the

   watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

WOUS64 KWNS 100145

   WOU7

   BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

   TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 717

   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

   845 PM EST SAT DEC 9 2023

   TORNADO WATCH 717 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST FOR THE

    FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

   ALC009-019-043-049-055-071-095-100800-

   /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0717.231210T0145Z-231210T0800Z/

   AL 

   .    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

   BLOUNT               CHEROKEE            CULLMAN             

   DEKALB               ETOWAH              JACKSON             

   MARSHALL             

   GAC047-055-083-111-115-123-129-213-295-313-100800-

   /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0717.231210T0145Z-231210T0800Z/

   GA 

   .    GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

   CATOOSA              CHATTOOGA           DADE                

   FANNIN               FLOYD               GILMER              

   GORDON               MURRAY              WALKER              

   WHITFIELD            

   TNC007-011-065-107-115-121-123-139-143-153-100800-

   /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0717.231210T0145Z-231210T0800Z/

   TN 

   .    TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

   BLEDSOE              BRADLEY             HAMILTON            

   MARION               MCMINN              MEIGS               

   MONROE               POLK                RHEA                

   SEQUATCHIE           

   ATTN...WFO...BMX...MRX...FFC...HUN...

   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 715...WW 716...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

   surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

   gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

   storm motion vector 25040.