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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 261

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

150 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ALABAMA

  NORTHWEST FLORIDA

  SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF TROY ALABAMA TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE

FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 259...WW 260...



DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER SRN AL

AND NORTHWEST FL...ENHANCED BY SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS NEAR THE

COAST...WITHIN A VERY WARM/MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH

MLCAPE AROUND 3000 J/KG.  NWLY MID-LEVEL WINDS OF 20-30 KT WILL

PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED MULTI-CELL CLUSTERS AND SHORT

LINE SEGMENTS WITH POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND

LARGE HAIL.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29020.





...WEISS

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