WW 306 SEVERE TSTM AL FL GA 251655Z – 260000Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 306
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1255 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southeast Alabama
Western Florida Panhandle
Central and Southern Georgia
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 1255 PM
until 800 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms will move
southeast across the watch area this afternoon, posing a risk for
damaging wind gusts and large hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles south of Troy
AL to 85 miles northeast of Moultrie GA. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).
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
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30025.
…Bunting
