Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 9PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.

BLOUNT ST. CLAIR TALLADEGA
CALHOUN CLAY CLEBURNE
RANDOLPH
CHEROKEE ETOWAH
MARION WINSTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ANNISTON…ASHLAND…CENTRE…
GADSDEN…HALEYVILLE…HAMILTON…HEFLIN…JACKSONVILLE…
LINEVILLE…MOODY…ONEONTA…PELL CITY…ROANOKE…
SYLACAUGA AND TALLADEGA.

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHWEST GEORGIA
MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED WITH SCATTERED SIGNIFICANT
GUSTS TO 80 MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS
TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTA
GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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.

DISCUSSION…SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE SYSTEM SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPREAD
ESEWD ACROSS SRN-MIDDLE TN…NRN AL…AND NWRN GA AT ABOUT 50-60KT.
IR IMAGERY AND LATEST RADAR APPEARS TO SUPPORT POTENTIALLY RENEWED
INTENSITY TO THE SYSTEM AS EARLIER LINEAR MCS MERGES WITH WIDESPREAD
DEEP CONVECTION ACROSS WRN TN. REAR-INFLOW JET TO 70KT AND ABUNDANT
DESTABILIZATION AHEAD OF THE INCREASINGLY EXTENSIVE COLD POOL SHOULD
RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF THE HIGH-END DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL AS
THIS COMPLEX DEVELOPS ACROSS THE TN VALLEY THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather