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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 207
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   400 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
          WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2.5 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 50
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
   MARIANNA FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 206...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND TRACK EWD
   ALONG AND N OF SURFACE BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS ACROSS SERN AL INTO
   GULF NEAR MOBILE BAY.  WITH STRONG GENERALLY UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR
   AND MDT INSTABILITY PRIMARY THREAT WILL  BE LARGE HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24045.
   
   
   ...HALES