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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 331
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
415 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central Alabama

* Effective this Monday morning from 415 AM until 900 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms moving rapidly out of eastern
MS will encounter a favorably moist air mass in AL, along the
northern rim of stronger capping.  Damaging gusts are the main
hazard over the watch corridor.  Sporadic hail will be possible, and
a tornado or two also may occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west southwest
of Tuscaloosa AL to 25 miles east southeast of Anniston AL. 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 326...WW 327...WW 330...

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 550. Mean storm motion vector
24035.

...Edwards