URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 374
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1220 PM CDT Mon Jun 22 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northern and Central Alabama
  Central and Northeast Mississippi
  Southern Middle Tennessee

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 1220 PM until
  700 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase in coverage and intensity
across the watch area through the afternoon, with scattered severe
storms expected.  Damaging wind gusts are the primary concern, but
there is a risk of a tornado or two as well.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles west southwest
of Meridian MS to 55 miles north northeast of Huntsville 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.

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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25030.

...Hart