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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 271

WW 271 SEVERE TSTM AL GA NC TN 112345Z – 120700Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 271
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
645 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northern Alabama
  Northwest Georgia
  Extreme western North Carolina
  Southeast Tennessee

* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 645 PM
  until 200 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A line of strong to severe storms will push southeastward
across the watch area this evening.  Strong winds aloft and
sufficient instability will pose a risk of damaging wind gusts and
some hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles south
southwest of Muscle Shoals AL to 85 miles east of Chattanooga TN.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 265...WW 266...WW
267...WW 268...WW 269...WW 270...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30030.

...Hart

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