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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 234
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
500 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Monday morning from 500 AM until 1100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of east/southeastward-moving storms will likely
intensify this morning along and north of a northward-shifting warm
front.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles northwest of
Mobile AL to 20 miles southeast of Marianna 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28040.

...Guyer