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SEL4 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 324 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 325 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern Alabama Northwest Georgia Southern Middle Tennessee * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 325 PM until 1100 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A line of storms will move southeastward this afternoon and pose mainly a damaging wind risk. Additional storms, perhaps as a well-organized line, are expected to move into the region, particularly northern Alabama, by evening, posing an additional round of severe storms. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west southwest of Muscle Shoals AL to 20 miles south southeast of Chattanooga TN. 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 322...WW 323... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 29045. ...Guyer