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SPC WW 182141

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 127

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

445 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Central Mississippi



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 445 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms should focus across central

Mississippi through the late afternoon and early evening hours, with

severe hail and damaging winds as the main hazards.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35

statute miles north and south of a line from 130 miles west of

Meridian MS to 35 miles north northeast of Meridian MS. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 125...WW 126...



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

28025.



...Guyer