Severe T-Storm Watch

 6:10 PM - Most of North Alabama was kept out of this watch. But it does include Cullman, Walker, Winston, and Blount Counties. 

That cluster of storms between Tupelo and Amory (MS) is the only thing at severe limits for now. This looks like just summer convection where some stronger storms cook up in the heat and humidity and can produce enough hail or strong wind gusts to briefly reach severe limits. We're not worried about tornadoes or any kind of widespread severe weather with this. 

But the Storm Prediction Center has coordinated with the National Weather Service in Birmingham because they think the chance is enough to justify a watch in Central Alabama. NWS Huntsville covers Cullman County, and that's the only of their 14 counties they coordinated to put in the watch. I guess it's always good to have a heads-up in case something happens, especially for people in mobile homes. 

Ideally if you get a severe thunderstorm warning, you want to be in an interior room (no windows) on the lowest floor of a sturdy house. 

But at the least, you want to stay inside, away from windows or anything that would easily conduct electricity (i.e. attract lightning). 

6:33 - This is definitely scattered summer storms ahead of a mesoscale convective system back in Arkansas. They are firing up around sundown. Most are staying below severe limits, but some may produce severe level hail or winds, so we have this watch for mostly Central Alabama until 1 AM. 

6:36 - This part of the storm cluster between Hamilton, Brilliant, and Natural Bridge has prompted a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Marion County until 7:15 PM CDT. Wind gusts up 60 mph and quarter-sized hail are possible in that storm. 

6:56 - And that warning has been cancelled as the storm has weakened below severe criteria. 

7:33 PM - And now we have a warning that includes Oneonta and Locust Fork, where again, winds could gust to 60 miles per hour and hail could get to about quarter size. 

7:35 - And here's the broad view. Most the thunderstorms are in Blount, Cullman, Walker, Winston, Marion, and Fayette Counties. And most of these are under severe limits. 

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 402

   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

   600 PM CDT Sun Jun 9 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

     Central and Northern Alabama

   * Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 600 PM

     until 100 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...

     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

       inches in diameter possible

     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected to develop and

   move east across the watch area this evening and tonight, with a

   risk for damaging wind gusts and large hail.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

   statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west northwest

   of Tuscaloosa AL to 30 miles east southeast of Anniston AL. For a

   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

   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 401...

   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

   27025.

   ...Bunting

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 402

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

600 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2024

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 402 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT

FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

ALC001-007-009-015-017-019-021-027-029-037-043-047-051-055-057-

063-065-073-075-081-091-093-105-107-111-115-117-119-121-123-125-

127-133-100600-

/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0402.240609T2300Z-240610T0600Z/

AL

.    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

AUTAUGA              BIBB                BLOUNT

CALHOUN              CHAMBERS            CHEROKEE

CHILTON              CLAY                CLEBURNE

COOSA                CULLMAN             DALLAS

ELMORE               ETOWAH              FAYETTE

GREENE               HALE                JEFFERSON

LAMAR                LEE                 MARENGO

MARION               PERRY               PICKENS

RANDOLPH             SHELBY              ST. CLAIR

SUMTER               TALLADEGA           TALLAPOOSA

TUSCALOOSA           WALKER              WINSTON

$$

ATTN...WFO...BMX...HUN...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 401

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

400 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2024

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 401 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

MSC009-011-013-015-017-019-025-027-033-043-057-071-081-083-087-

093-095-097-103-105-107-115-117-119-133-135-137-139-143-145-155-

159-161-100300-

/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0401.240609T2100Z-240610T0300Z/

MS

.    MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BENTON               BOLIVAR             CALHOUN

CARROLL              CHICKASAW           CHOCTAW

CLAY                 COAHOMA             DESOTO

GRENADA              ITAWAMBA            LAFAYETTE

LEE                  LEFLORE             LOWNDES

MARSHALL             MONROE              MONTGOMERY

NOXUBEE              OKTIBBEHA           PANOLA

PONTOTOC             PRENTISS            QUITMAN

SUNFLOWER            TALLAHATCHIE        TATE

TIPPAH               TUNICA              UNION

WEBSTER              WINSTON             YALOBUSHA

$$