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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 161

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

730 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northwest Alabama

  Northeast Louisiana

  Central Mississippi



* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 730 PM

  until 200 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving cluster of storms over northern Mississippi

will track into northwest Alabama, while other strong storms develop

across central Mississippi.  All of this activity will pose a risk

of locally damaging wind gusts and hail through the early overnight

hours.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles northwest of

Natchez MS to 55 miles north northeast of Tuscaloosa 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 157...WW 158...WW

159...WW 160...



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 450. Mean storm motion vector

27030.



...Hart

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