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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 98
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WW0098 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 98
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   100 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
          SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL
   700 PM CDT.
   
   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 185
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   DOTHAN ALABAMA TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.  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 97...
   
   DISCUSSION...A LARGE CLUSTER OF ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
   EXPAND EWD ALONG AND N OF THE WARM FRONT FROM SRN AL INTO SW GA/FL
   PANHANDLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  A FEED OF RICH MOISTURE FROM THE
   SW WILL HELP MAINTAIN STRONG/SEVERE STORMS N OF THE BOUNDARY...WHILE
   EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELL
   STRUCTURES WHICH WILL LOCALLY ENHANCE THE HAIL THREAT.  THE TORNADO
   THREAT IS NOT COMPLETELY NEGLIGIBLE NEAR THE FRONT ALONG THE
   COAST...THOUGH IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW FAR INLAND THE BOUNDARY WILL
   PROGRESS GIVEN WIDESPREAD CONVECTION...AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL
   LIKELY WEAKEN LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27025.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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