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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 638

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 638

[html]WW 638 SEVERE TSTM AL FL GA CW 182310Z - 190600Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 638
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
710 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southern Alabama
  Florida Panhandle
  Southern Georgia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 710 PM
  until 200 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of storms capable of wind damage and possibly
some hail will continue south-southeastward across the region this
evening within a hot/moist environment.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles northwest of
Pensacola FL to 30 miles east southeast of Vidalia GA. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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...c*NTINUE...WW 634...WW 635...WW
636...WW 637...

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
31025.

...Guyer


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 638 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0638.html)