NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0146 AM CST Thu Dec 25 2025
AREAS AFFECTED...Parts of the North Coast of California
CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
VALID 250746Z - 251015Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 percent
SUMMARY...The risk for damaging convective gusts and possibly a
BRIEF TORNADO is increasing, with the greatest threat expected
between 09-12Z.
DISCUSSION...As of 0730Z, radar data from KMUX shows an expansive,
strongly forced band of stratiform rain with gradually
deepening/intensifying convective elements. As a robust
negative-tilt shortwave trough and accompanying jet continue toward
the coast, this ....... more