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WWUS20 KWNS 100212

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SPC WW 100212

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 85

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

915 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Alabama



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 915 PM

  until 400 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible



SUMMARY...Squall line should initially spread into northwest Alabama

before weakening in northeast Alabama. Trailing portion of the

squall should spread into west-central Alabama overnight. Damaging

winds will be the primary hazard.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35

statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles north northeast

of Muscle Shoals AL to 80 miles south of Tuscaloosa AL. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 78...WW 80...WW 81...WW

82...WW 83...WW 84...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

26035.



...Grams

