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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 265

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1240 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  ALABAMA

  FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND MERGE

INTO LINEAR CLUSTERS AS THEY PROGRESS SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE

REGION THIS AFTERNOON. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE THE MOST COMMON HAZARD

ALTHOUGH SOME SEVERE HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 120

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

AUBURN ALABAMA.  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.



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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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30020.





...GUYER

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