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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 232

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN ALABAMA

  NORTHWEST GEORGIA

  MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED WITH SCATTERED SIGNIFICANT

    GUSTS TO 80 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTA

GEORGIA.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 230...WW 231...



DISCUSSION...SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE SYSTEM SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPREAD

ESEWD ACROSS SRN-MIDDLE TN...NRN AL...AND NWRN GA AT ABOUT 50-60KT.

IR IMAGERY AND LATEST RADAR APPEARS TO SUPPORT POTENTIALLY RENEWED

INTENSITY TO THE SYSTEM AS EARLIER LINEAR MCS MERGES WITH WIDESPREAD

DEEP CONVECTION ACROSS WRN TN. REAR-INFLOW JET TO 70KT AND ABUNDANT

DESTABILIZATION AHEAD OF THE INCREASINGLY EXTENSIVE COLD POOL SHOULD

RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF THE HIGH-END DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL AS

THIS COMPLEX DEVELOPS ACROSS THE TN VALLEY THROUGH THE LATE

AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29050.





...CARBIN

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