SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 183
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 183
[html]WW 183 SEVERE TSTM AL KY TN 051935Z - 060200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 183
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
235 PM CDT Thu May 5 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northwest Alabama
South-central Kentucky
Middle Tennessee
* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 235 PM until
900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to continue to
develop and intensify during the afternoon and persist into the
evening. A few supercells and line segments will be capable of
mainly a risk for damaging gusts and large hail.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north northeast
of Bowling Green KY to 40 miles west southwest of Muscle Shoals AL.
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 181...WW 182...
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
24035.
...Smith/Hart
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 183 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0183.html)