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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 53

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1200 PM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  southern Alabama

  western portions of the Florida Panhandle

  southeastern Louisiana

  southern Mississippi

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from NOON until 700

  PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to continue increasing in

coverage and intensity this afternoon, with stronger storms/bands

likely to produce damaging wind gusts and hail.

Storms will spread eastward/southeastward with time, weakening --

and gradually moving offshore -- by early evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

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

northwest of Houma LA to 30 miles east of Crestview FL. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 52...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

27035.



...Goss