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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 168

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

815 AM EDT Wed May 12 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Alabama

  Northern Florida

  Southwest Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 815 AM

  until 200 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible



SUMMARY...A well-organized cluster of storms will continue eastward

today across southeast Alabama and the Florida Panhandle toward

southern Georgia and additional parts of northern Florida, with

additional development possible later today near a

southward-advancing cold front. Isolated damaging winds are expected

to be the most common hazard.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles northwest of

Panama City FL to 20 miles south of Valdosta GA. For a complete

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 55 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

27035.



...Guyer

