Severe Thunderstorm Watch 270 Until 1:00 AM

The Storm Prediction Center has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch 370 that includes a sizable chunk of Central and West Central Alabama as well as parts of East Central Mississippi valid until 1:00 am. Here is the watch graphic.

And the text to the watch message.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 270
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   515 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALABAMA
     CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI

   * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 515 PM
     UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
     ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI.  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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 267...WW 268...WW 269...

   DISCUSSION...WRN MS SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ENEWD...WITH EMBEDDED
   LEWPS/SMALL BOWS/SUSTAINED STORMS POSING A RISK FOR DMGG WIND
   THROUGH THIS EVE GIVEN 40 KT SWLY 700-500 MB FLOW IN SE QUADRANT OF
   KS/OK UPR LOW. ISOLD STORMS FORMING IN VERY MOIST/CONFLUENT AHEAD OF
   THE LINE ALSO MAY POSE A RISK FOR SVR WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL.

   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24035.

   ...CORFIDI

-Brian-

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather