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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 46
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 46
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   850 PM EST MON MAR 7 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 850 PM UNTIL
   400 AM EST.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   AUGUSTA GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 45...
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONG SQUALL LINE MOVING RAPIDLY EWD ACROSS CENTRAL AL
   AHEAD OF VIGOROUS/DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH.  ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY
   MARGINAL...MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE INTO GA AS VERY STRONG
   DEEP LAYER SHEAR DEVELOPS.  WIND DAMAGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
   ASSOCIATED WITH THE SQUALL LINE AS IT MOVES INTO CENTRAL GA.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
   A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 26040.
   
   
   ...HALES
   
   
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