WW 127 SEVERE TSTM MS 182145Z – 190400Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 127
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
445 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central Mississippi
* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 445 PM until
1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Strong to severe thunderstorms should focus across central
Mississippi through the late afternoon and early evening hours, with
severe hail and damaging winds as the main hazards.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles north and south of a line from 130 miles west of
Meridian MS to 35 miles north northeast of Meridian MS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 125…WW 126…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28025.
…Guyer
