URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 165
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
235 PM EDT Mon Apr 24 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central and South Florida
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 235 PM until
800 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to rapidly intensify this
afternoon across the watch area as an upper trough approaches. The
strongest storms will pose a risk of hail and damaging wind gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles west northwest
of Melbourne FL to 45 miles south of West Palm Beach FL. 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
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28025.
...Hart