
Probabilities

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Northwestern Alabama
Southeastern Arkansas
Northeastern Louisiana
West-central through northern Mississippi
Southwestern and middle Tennessee
* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 855 PM
until 300 AM CST.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...A band of strong to locally severe storms near an intense
cold front will move across the watch area through much of the
overnight hours, offering a risk of sporadic damaging winds and a
couple of tornadoes possible. Isolated severe storms still may form
ahead of that band also. See SPC mesoscale discussions 1893-1894
for initial meteorological reasoning.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles
either side of a line from 25 miles west northwest of Monroe LA to
15 miles east of Nashville TN. For a complete depiction of the watch
see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).