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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 242
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WW0242 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 242
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   150 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northwest Alabama
     Northeast Mississippi
     Western and middle Tennessee

   * Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until
     800 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will continue to form and spread
   east-northeastward from northern Mississippi and western Tennessee
   toward northwest Alabama and middle Tennessee through late
   afternoon/evening.  The strongest clusters and/or storms with
   supercell structure will be capable of producing isolated large hail
   of 1-1.5 inches in diameter and isolated damaging winds near 60 mph.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
   statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles southwest of
   Muscle Shoals AL to 35 miles northwest of Nashville TN. 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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
   24025.

   ...Thompson
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