WW 334 SEVERE TSTM AL FL GA CW 181655Z – 182200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 334
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1255 PM EDT Sun Jun 18 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southern Alabama
Florida Panhandle
Southwest Georgia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 1255 PM until
600 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Large clusters of strong to severe storms over southern
Alabama may persist through the afternoon and track eastward across
the watch area. Damaging wind gusts and hail are possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west of
Evergreen AL to 15 miles north northeast of Tallahassee 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...CONTINUE...WW 333...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28035.
...Hart
