WW 595 SEVERE TSTM AL TN 061820Z – 070100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 595 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 120 PM CDT Sun Aug 6 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern Alabama Middle Tennessee * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 120 PM until 800 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible SUMMARY...A cluster of storms will likely evolve and move generally eastward across the region this afternoon, with damaging winds as the most common severe-weather hazard. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles southwest of Muscle Shoals AL to 45 miles northeast of Gadsden AL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 27020. ...Guyer
