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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 85

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

110 AM CDT MON APR 20 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN ALABAMA

  NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

  MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 110 AM UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WIND-DAMAGE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SQUALL

LINE CROSSING WATCH AREA FROM WEST TO EAST...THOUGH RISK SHOULD

DIMINISH IN A FEW HOURS AS THE ACTIVITY MOVES INTO A MORE STABLE AIR

MASS.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 391 FOR INITIAL METEOROLOGICAL

REASONING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF GADSDEN ALABAMA TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE.  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 84...



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26035.





...EDWARDS

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SEL5

SPC WW 200607

ALZ000-GAZ000-TNZ000-201200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 85

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

110 AM CDT MON APR 20 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN ALABAMA

  NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

  MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 110 AM UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WIND-DAMAGE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SQUALL

LINE CROSSING WATCH AREA FROM WEST TO EAST...THOUGH RISK SHOULD

DIMINISH IN A FEW HOURS AS THE ACTIVITY MOVES INTO A MORE STABLE AIR

MASS.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 391 FOR INITIAL METEOROLOGICAL

REASONING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF GADSDEN ALABAMA TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE.  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 84...



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26035.





...EDWARDS

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