..TODAY'S SEVERE STORM OUTLOOK UPGRADED TO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SVERE STORMS..

 

TODAY'S SEVERE STORM OUTLOOK HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A SLIGHT/MARGINAL RISK AND THERE IS ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AREA AS WELL.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN POPPING UP TODAY.

GUSTY WINDS, LIGHTNING, HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN PRODUCE FLOODING AND HAIL POSSIBLE.  WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS YOU CAN'T RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

STAY ALERT AND BE STORM READY.  

RTW

AREAS AT RISK FOR TODAY:

SLIGHT RISK: Orlando, FL...Fort Lauderdale, FL...Pembroke Pines, FL...Hollywood, FL...Coral Springs, FL...

MARGINAL RISK: Miramar, FL...Brandon, FL...Deltona, FL...Carol City, FL...Country Club, FL...

TORNADO PROBABILITY AREAS:

2% PROBABILITY: Orlando, FL...Fort Lauderdale, FL...Pembroke Pines, FL...Hollywood, FL...Coral Springs, FL...

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGING WIND PROBABILITY AREAS:

15% PROBABILITY: Orlando, FL...Fort Lauderdale, FL...Pembroke Pines, FL...Hollywood, FL...Coral Springs, FL...

5% PROBABILITY: Miramar, FL...Brandon, FL...Deltona, FL...Carol City, FL...Country Club, FL...

HAIL PROBABILITY AREAS:

15% PROBABILITY: Orlando, FL...Fort Lauderdale, FL...Pembroke Pines, FL...Hollywood, FL...Coral Springs, FL...

5% PROBABILITY: Miramar, FL...Brandon, FL...Deltona, FL...Carol City, FL...Country Club, FL...

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.

   &&

   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