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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 133

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 133

[html]WW 133 SEVERE TSTM AL AR MS TN 160300Z - 160800Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 133
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1000 PM CDT Fri Apr 15 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northwest Alabama
  Far eastern Arkansas
  Northern Mississippi
  Southern Tennessee

* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 1000 PM
  until 300 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Long-tracked supercell with history of significant large
hail is expected to weaken as it spreads east-southeast in western
Tennessee. Additional storms should evolve into a broader convective
cluster overnight. Severe hail will be the primary threat with the
strongest updrafts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles north
northeast of Muscle Shoals AL to 55 miles west southwest of Memphis
TN. For a co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 130...WW 131...WW 132...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
28035.

...Grams


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 133 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0133.html)