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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 88

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

240 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  South-central Alabama

  Eastern Mississippi



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 240 PM

  until 900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...At least isolated strong-to-severe thunderstorms will

continue to develop and intensify within a corridor from

south-central/eastern Mississippi into south-central Alabama. This

includes the potential for some supercells and organized clusters

capable of large hail and locally damaging winds as storms move

east-southeastward through early evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west northwest

of Meridian MS to 20 miles southeast of Auburn AL. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 87...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

28030.



...Guyer

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