New Severe Thunderstorm Watch:
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 168
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1100 PM CDT Wed Apr 26 2017
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
West central and central Alabama
* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1100
PM until 500 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Squall line in Mississippi will continue to move eastward
overnight into Alabama. A few of the embedded bowing segments will
continue to pose a threat for damaging gusts, and perhaps marginally
severe hail.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northwest of
Birmingham AL to 60 miles south of Tuscaloosa AL. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).