WW 641 SEVERE TSTM AL MS TN 131835Z – 140100Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 641
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
135 PM CDT Sun Aug 13 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern Alabama
Northeast Mississippi
Middle Tennessee
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until
800 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible
SUMMARY…Storms are expected to continue to intensify across the
region with a linear cluster evolving, with damaging winds as the
primary severe hazard.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles northwest of
Muscle Shoals AL to 60 miles southeast of Nashville TN. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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…CONTINUE…WW 640…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
28025.
…Guyer
