SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 167

WW 167 SEVERE TSTM MS 270150Z - 270700Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 167
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
850 PM CDT Wed Apr 26 2017

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central Mississippi

* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 850 PM
  until 200 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Squall line will likely persist for several more hours
while moving eastward across central Mississippi.  Damaging winds
with be the main threat, though large hail and an isolated tornado
will be possible with the strongest embedded storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles east northeast
of Greenwood MS to 50 miles east southeast of Natchez 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 164...WW 165...WW 166...

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
26035.

...Thompson

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