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SEL1 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 331 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 415 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central Alabama * Effective this Monday morning from 415 AM until 900 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms moving rapidly out of eastern MS will encounter a favorably moist air mass in AL, along the northern rim of stronger capping. Damaging gusts are the main hazard over the watch corridor. Sporadic hail will be possible, and a tornado or two also may occur. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west southwest of Tuscaloosa AL to 25 miles east southeast of Anniston AL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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 326...WW 327...WW 330... 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 550. Mean storm motion vector 24035. ...Edwards