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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 485
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
155 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL
800 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ALONG OUTFLOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WET MICROBURSTS WILL POTENTIALLY
BE CAPABLE OF STRONG TO SEVERE GUSTS (50 TO 65 MPH) AND WIND DAMAGE.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF DOTHAN AL TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALDOSTA GA. 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.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
0.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
25015.
...SMITH
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