Severe Thunderstorm Watch Just to Our Northwest

We continue to watch a complex of strong and severe storms to our northwest as it continues to move towards the southeast along a frontal boundary that stretches across the area. The latest watch from the SPC makes it as far east as the Alabama/Mississippi State line, but at this time does not include any counties in Alabama.

The threat of severe weather continues today and through the overnight hours as all of North-Central Alabama remains outlined in a risk for severe weather. We expect to see strong and possibly severe storms later this afternoon across the state. These storms will be capable of producing torrential rainfall, hail, and damaging straight-line winds.

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
WESTERN KENTUCKY
SOUTHERN MISSOURI
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1005 AM
UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF FLIPPIN ARKANSAS TO 65 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
JACKSON TENNESSEE. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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.

DISCUSSION…LONG-LIVED MCS IS PROPAGATING SEWD ACROSS SWRN MO/NWRN
AR AT ROUGHLY 50KT. THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS SHOULD SPREAD SEWD
TOWARD WRN TN ALONG PRE-EXISTING SYNOPTIC FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF SQUALL LINE.
STRONG DIURNAL HEATING MAY ALLOW MCS TO SPREAD INTO NRN MS LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather