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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 58
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WW0058 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 58
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   100 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
          SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL
   800 PM CDT.
   
   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 70
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF VALDOSTA
   GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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 57...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING IN A REGION OF WEAK LOW
   LEVEL WARM ADVECTION ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST.  SLOW
   DESTABILIZATION AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...COUPLED WITH
   FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR...WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF
   ROTATING STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26030.
   
   
   ...HART
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