LOCATIONS
Central and northern Alabama, Extreme northwest and west central Georgia
EFFECTIVE
This Monday afternoon and evening from 400 PM until 1000 PM CDT.
THREATS
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible, Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible, A tornado or two possible
SITUATION
Clusters of storms will spread eastward from Mississippi
into Alabama through late evening, and eventually reach northwest
Georgia. Storm mode will be complicated with a mix of clusters and
some embedded supercells with attendant threats of occasional wind
damage, large hail, and a tornado or two.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles southwest of
Muscle Shoals AL to 45 miles east northeast of Anniston AL. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
PRECAUTIONS
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.
