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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 606
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
445 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR NORTHWEST ALABAMA
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
FAR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
EXTREME WESTERN VIRGINIA
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 445 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ALONG AND
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PROGRESSING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE
REGION. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT A FEW SUPERCELLS
CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS. SOME CLUSTERING IS
POSSIBLE OVER TIME, WITH DAMAGING GUSTS POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE STORM
CLUSTERS AS WELL.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MUSCLE SHOALS AL TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON KY. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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.
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
26025.
...MOSIER
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