WW 296 SEVERE TSTM AL FL MS CW 142135Z – 150300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 296
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
435 PM CDT Wed Jun 14 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southern Alabama
Western Florida Panhandle
Southeast Mississippi
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 435 PM
until 1000 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 85
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...A southward-sagging cluster will shift across central to
southern Alabama, while additional upstream bowing supercells spread
across southern Mississippi through the evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles east southeast
of Mobile AL to 25 miles north northwest of Montgomery AL. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...This severe thunderstorm watch replaces
tornado watch number 291. Watch number 291 will not be in effect
after 435 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 292...WW 293...WW 294...WW 295...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 75 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
29045.
...Grams
