Severe Thunderstorm Watch Until Noon for Much of North and Central Alabama

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for nearly all of North and Central Alabama until Noon.

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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 85
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
445 AM CDT Mon Mar 31 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern and Central Alabama
Far Northwest Georgia
Northeast Mississippi

* Effective this Monday morning from 445 AM until NOON CDT.

* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY…Multiple lines and clusters of thunderstorms are expected
to spread eastward this morning across much of northern/central
Alabama and into far northwest Georgia. Scattered severe/damaging
winds should be the main threat with this activity, although
isolated hail and perhaps a tornado or two may also occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles northeast of
Huntsville AL to 20 miles south southwest of Selma 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 81…WW 82…WW 83…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
27035.

…Gleason

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