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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 558

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 558

[html]WW 558 SEVERE TSTM AZ 212050Z - 220300Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 558
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
150 PM MST Sun Jul 21 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central and South-Central Arizona

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until
  800 PM MST.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible

SUMMARY...A broken linear cluster of thunderstorms will move
southward through the afternoon into the evening across the Watch
area.  The stronger thunderstorm cores and associated thunderstorm
outflow will be potentially capable of 60 to 75 mph gusts as this
activity moves into the lower deserts.  Marginally severe hail
(diameter up to 1 inch) may acco*pany the stronger thunderstorms
this afternoon near the Mogollon Rim.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west southwest
of Prescott AZ to 95 miles east southeast of Phoenix AZ. 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.

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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
01015.

...Smith


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 558 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0558.html)