URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 622
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1235 PM CDT Mon Aug 24 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southwest and Southern Alabama
  Western Florida Panhandle
  Southeast Louisiana
  Southeast Mississippi
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 1235 PM until
  700 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

SUMMARY...Small clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms will
continue to develop and intensify this afternoon across the Watch
area and gradually move towards the coast.  The stronger
thunderstorms will pose a risk for wet microbursts capable of 55 to
65 mph gusts and scattered wind damage.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west northwest
of New Orleans LA to 35 miles north northeast of Crestview FL. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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
0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
34015.

...Smith