Severe T'Storm Watch

 

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 90
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   155 PM CDT Mon Mar 27 2017

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northern and central Alabama
     Far southeast Arkansas
     Far northeast Louisiana
     Central Mississippi

   * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 155 PM until
     900 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
       inches in diameter possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms will continue to increase from
   northeast Louisiana and central Mississippi into western and
   northern Alabama. Steep lapse rates and moderate vertical shear will
   support the potential for well-organized storms including supercells
   capable of large hail, damaging winds and possibly a tornado (mainly
   across northern Alabama).

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles northeast of
   Gadsden AL to 50 miles south southwest of Greenville MS. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

   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.