WW 228 SEVERE TSTM AL FL CW 100655Z – 101200Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 228
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
155 AM CDT Fri May 10 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Far Southern Alabama
Florida Panhandle
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Friday morning from 155 AM until 700 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 80 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY…Well-organized clusters of storms will continue to move
east-southeastward into the region overnight, the most robust storms
posing a severe risk.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30
statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles west of Mobile
AL to 10 miles south southeast of Crestview FL. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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 225…WW 226…WW 227…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
28035.
…Guyer
