WW 617 SEVERE TSTM AL MS TN 091850Z – 100100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 617 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 150 PM CDT Wed Aug 9 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern Alabama Northeast Mississippi Middle Tennessee * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until 800 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph likely Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Storms are expected to increase and intensify along a warm front/instability gradient across the region, with wind profiles supportive of a few supercells and bowing segments. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west northwest of Muscle Shoals AL to 50 miles north northeast of Gadsden AL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). 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 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 28025. ...Guyer
