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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 285

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

905 PM CDT Sat May 27 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern Alabama

  Northern Georgia

  Southern Tennessee



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 905 PM

  until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Multiple rounds of storms may move southeastward across

the region through the overnight hours, posing mainly a risk for

damaging winds and some severe hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35

statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west of Muscle

Shoals AL to 90 miles east northeast of Rome GA. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 276...WW 277...WW

278...WW 279...WW 280...WW 281...WW 282...WW 283...WW 284...



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

30035.



...Guyer

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