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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 79
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   535 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
          NORTHERN FLORIDA
          SOUTHERN GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 535 AM UNTIL 100
   PM EST.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES 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 90
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST
   NORTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 35 MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE
   FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING ACROSS PARTS OF
   AL/GA/FL AS LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS AND AIR MASS DESTABILIZES. 
   FORECAST SOUNDINGS IN THIS REGION SHOW FAVORABLE ELEVATED CAPE AND
   VERTICAL SHEAR FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE
   HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27035.
   
   
   ...HART