SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 385

WW 385 SEVERE TSTM AL TN 071650Z – 072300Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 385
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1150 AM CDT Sat Jun 7 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central and northern Alabama
  Southern Middle Tennessee

* Effective this Saturday morning and evening from 1150 AM until
  600 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...An organized, bowing line of storms is expected to
intensify this afternoon while moving eastward into northern/central
Alabama and southern Middle Tennessee.  Corridors of damaging winds
up to 75 mph will be the main threat, though isolated large hail up
to 1.5 inches in diameter will be possible with the strongest
embedded storms.  An isolated tornado or two may also occur with
embedded circulations in the line.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 85 miles north of
Huntsville AL to 25 miles southwest of Birmingham AL. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 383...WW 384...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
27035.

...Thompson

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