WW 244 SEVERE TSTM FL CW 151450Z – 152100Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 244
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1050 AM EDT Wed May 15 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern/central Florida Peninsula
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 1050 AM
until 500 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY…Thunderstorms will spread eastward across parts of the
northern/central FL Peninsula through this afternoon, while posing a
threat for mainly large hail and damaging winds.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles east of
Gainesville FL to 30 miles south of Avon Park FL. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…This severe thunderstorm watch replaces
tornado watch number 243. Watch number 243 will not be in effect
after 1050 AM EDT.
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
26035.
…Gleason
