WW 230 SEVERE TSTM FL GA CW 101005Z – 101600Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 230
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
605 AM EDT Fri May 10 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern Florida
Southeast Georgia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Friday morning from 605 AM until NOON EDT.
* Primary threats include…
Widespread 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…A fast-moving and well-organized squall line will continue
east-southeastward across the region this morning, with potentially
widespread damaging winds as the primary impact.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles north northeast
of Waycross GA to 40 miles southeast of Gainesville FL. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 226…WW 228…WW 229…
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
29045.
…Guyer
