SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 85
WW 85 SEVERE TSTM AL GA MS 310945Z – 311700Z 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 85 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 445 AM CDT Mon Mar 31 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern and Central Alabama Far Northwest Georgia Northeast Mississippi * Effective this Monday morning from 445 AM until NOON CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Multiple lines and clusters of thunderstorms are expected to spread eastward this morning across much of northern/central Alabama and into far northwest Georgia. Scattered severe/damaging winds should be the main threat with this activity, although isolated hail and perhaps a tornado or two may also occur. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles northeast of Huntsville AL to 20 miles south southwest of Selma 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 81...WW 82...WW 83...WW 84... 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 27035. ...Gleason
