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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 51

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

445 AM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Northern and central Alabama

  East central Mississippi



* Effective this Friday morning from 445 AM until 1000 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A squall line with embedded north-south segments will pose

a threat for damaging gusts of 60-70 mph, as well as a brief tornado

or two with embedded circulations.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles east northeast

of Huntsville AL to 50 miles west southwest of Tuscaloosa AL. 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

28035.



...Thompson