WW 333 SEVERE TSTM AL FL MS CW 181110Z – 181700Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 333 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 610 AM CDT Sun Jun 18 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southwestern Alabama Western Florida Panhandle Southern Mississippi Coastal Waters * Effective this Sunday morning from 610 AM until NOON CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Long-lived clusters of organized thunderstorms initially over Severe Thunderstorm Watch 332 may continue to pose a threat for severe gusts and isolated hail, as they move southeastward along and south of an instability/baroclinic gradient, toward the GPT-MOB-PNS coastal region. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north of Pine Belt MS to 20 miles south of Pensacola FL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 332... 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 30035. ...Edwards
