WW 418 SEVERE TSTM AL 291900Z – 300000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 418 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 200 PM CDT Thu Jun 29 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern Alabama * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 200 PM until 700 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...A cluster of storms will move southward from Middle Tennessee into northern Alabama through mid/late afternoon, while additional storms could develop behind it and intensify with a secondary round of storms. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 20 statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west of Muscle Shoals AL to 65 miles east of Huntsville AL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). 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 415...WW 416...WW 417... 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 550. Mean storm motion vector 35030. ...Guyer
