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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 239

[html]WW 239 SEVERE TSTM AL TN 081900Z - 090300Z
     

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 239
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
200 PM CDT Thu May 8 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northern and Central Alabama
  Southern Middle Tennessee

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 200 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 2 inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should continue to develop eastward from
northeast Mississippi into parts of northern/central Alabama and
southern middle Tennessee this afternoon and evening. Supercells
will pose a threat for large hail up to 1-2 inches in diameter. Any
clusters that can form may also pose some risk for damaging winds up
to 60-70 mph.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles southwest of
Muscle Shoals AL to 55 miles north northeast of Gadsden AL. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 238...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.

...Gleason

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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 239 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0239.html)