WW 626 SEVERE TSTM AL GA 111910Z – 120000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 626 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 310 PM EDT Fri Aug 11 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southeastern Alabama Southwestern Georgia * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 310 PM until 800 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to develop and intensify this afternoon across the watch area. Small thunderstorm clusters will pose a risk for damaging gusts through the afternoon and into the early evening. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles north northwest of Troy AL to 40 miles northeast of Moultrie GA. 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 625... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 31020. ...Smith
