URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 129
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
140 PM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northwest Alabama
Central Kentucky
Northern Mississippi
Middle Tennessee
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 140 PM
until 900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...A line of scattered thunderstorms continues to track
eastward into western Kentucky/Tennessee and northern Mississippi.
These storms will remain capable of locally damaging wind gusts and
perhaps a tornado or two through the afternoon.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles north northwest
of Lexington KY to 40 miles south southeast of Oxford MS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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.