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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 185

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

305 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

  THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 305 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WELL-DEVELOPED CONVECTIVE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA

WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH DAYBREAK WHILE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS

THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA/EXTREME SOUTHWEST

GEORGIA.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FOR THE NEXT

SEVERAL HOURS...THOUGH ISOLATED HAIL COULD ALSO OCCUR WITH THE

STRONGEST STORMS IN THE LINE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF

CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MARIANNA FLORIDA.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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...CONTINUE...WW 184...



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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 27035.





...THOMPSON

