SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 214
WW 214 SEVERE TSTM AL 021855Z – 030100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 214 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 155 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern Alabama * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 155 PM until 800 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph likely Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to spread eastward and across the watch area through the afternoon and early evening. The strongest cells will pose a risk of locally damaging wind gusts and hail. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west northwest of Tuscaloosa AL to 45 miles northeast of Gadsden AL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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 209...WW 210...WW 211...WW 212...WW 213... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 25025. ...Hart