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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 184

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1050 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ALABAMA

  WESTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA

  SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1050 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A WELL-ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WITH EMBEDDED BOW

ECHOES...MESOVORTICES AND LOCALIZED WIND SURGES WILL PROCEED

EASTWARD TO EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA

OVERNIGHT...INTO A FAVORABLY MOIST AND BUOYANT AIR MASS.  THE MAIN

THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SPORADIC DAMAGING WINDS...AND A TORNADO

OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI TO CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 183...



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

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS.

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

VECTOR 26035.





...EDWARDS

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