The Storm Prediction Center has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch 370 that includes a sizable chunk of Central and West Central Alabama as well as parts of East Central Mississippi valid until 1:00 am. Here is the watch graphic.
And the text to the watch message.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 270
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
515 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALABAMA
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 515 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. 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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 267...WW 268...WW 269...
DISCUSSION...WRN MS SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ENEWD...WITH EMBEDDED
LEWPS/SMALL BOWS/SUSTAINED STORMS POSING A RISK FOR DMGG WIND
THROUGH THIS EVE GIVEN 40 KT SWLY 700-500 MB FLOW IN SE QUADRANT OF
KS/OK UPR LOW. ISOLD STORMS FORMING IN VERY MOIST/CONFLUENT AHEAD OF
THE LINE ALSO MAY POSE A RISK FOR SVR WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL.
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 24035.
...CORFIDI
-Brian-
