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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 289
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
445 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL
900 PM EDT.

HAIL TO 1.5 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 65
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ALBANY GEORGIA TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE
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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 288...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN FL
PANHANDLE INTO SOUTHWESTERN GA WHERE THE AIR MASS HAS BECOME
MODERATELY UNSTABLE.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE AIDED BY A MIDLEVEL
IMPULSE MOVING INTO SWRN GA WITH 30 KT OF WLY FLOW ENHANCING BULK
SHEAR FOR STORM ORGANIZATION AS THE IMPULSE ADVANCES EWD.  HAIL AND
STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

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 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27025.


...PETERS/WEISS