WW 176 SEVERE TSTM AL AR MS TN 272215Z – 280400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 176 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 515 PM CDT Thu Apr 27 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Western Alabama Eastern Arkansas Northern and central Mississippi Far southwest Tennessee * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 515 PM until 1100 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible SUMMARY...A few lower-topped supercells should develop and spread east across a portion of the Mid to Deep South. Large hail sizes from quarters to golf balls should be the main threat. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north of Pine Bluff AR to 5 miles northeast of Tuscaloosa AL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 174...WW 175... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector 27030. ...Grams
