SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 636
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 636
[html]WW 636 SEVERE TSTM AL GA 181940Z - 190300Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 636
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
240 PM CDT Sun Aug 18 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central Alabama
Central Georgia
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 240 PM until
1000 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are rapidly developing across north-central
Alabama/Georgia in a moist and moderately unstable air mass. These
storms will progress southeastward through the afternoon and early
evening, posing a risk for damaging wind gusts and some hail.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west southwest
of Tuscaloosa AL to 65 miles southeast of Athens GA. For a co*plete
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...c*NTINUE...WW 634...WW 635...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30025.
...Hart
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 636 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0636.html)