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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 402
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
600 PM CDT Sun Jun 9 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central and Northern Alabama

* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 600 PM
  until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected to develop and
move east across the watch area this evening and tonight, with a
risk for damaging wind gusts and large hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west northwest
of Tuscaloosa AL to 30 miles east southeast of Anniston AL. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 401...

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 550. Mean storm motion vector
27025.

...Bunting