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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 261
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1125 AM CDT MON JUN 1 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
SOUTHWESTERN TENNESSEE
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1125 AM UNTIL
700 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A VERY WARM, MOIST, AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE FROM
THE MID-SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS
ONGOING ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN SOUTHWEST/SOUTHERN MIDDLE TN,
WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THIS OUTFLOW POSSIBLE AS WELL.
VERY STRONG BUOYANCY WILL SUPPORT ROBUST UPDRAFT/DOWNDRAFT CYCLES
CAPABLE OF DAMAGING GUSTS AND ISOLATED HAIL THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON
AND INTO THE EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF
OXFORD MS TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANNISTON AL. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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
30030.
...MOSIER
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