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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 304

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1155 AM CDT Sun Jul 22 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  southern Alabama

  western Florida Panhandle

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Sunday morning and evening from 1155 AM until

  700 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Storms are expected to increase in coverage this afternoon

with both supercell and multicell structures promoting a threat for

large hail and damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles north of

Mobile AL to 35 miles south of Dothan AL. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 303...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

29030.



...Dial

