WW 606 SEVERE TSTM AL KY MS TN VA 052145Z – 060500Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 606 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 445 PM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Far Northwest Alabama Central and Eastern Kentucky Far Northeast Mississippi Western and Middle Tennessee Extreme Western Virginia * Effective this Friday afternoon from 445 PM until Midnight CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorm coverage is expected to increase along and ahead of a cold front progressing slowly southeastward through the region. Environmental conditions will support a few supercells capable of large hail and damaging gusts. Some clustering is possible over time, with damaging gusts possible within these storm clusters as well. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles northwest of Muscle Shoals AL to 25 miles east southeast of Jackson KY. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). 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. && 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 26025. ...Mosier
