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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 168
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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 168
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1125 AM EDT SAT APR 5 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF NORTHERN FLORIDA
          PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GEORGIA
          PARTS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1125 AM UNTIL
   700 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 70
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL GA SWWD TO
   WRN FL PANHANDLE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD INTO AN INCREASINGLY
   UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH MLCAPES AOA 2000 J/KG.  WITH 40-50 KT OF DEEP
   LAYER SHEAR...SHORT LINE SEGMENTS/BOWS EMBEDDED WITHIN LINE OF
   THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH PRIMARILY DAMAGING WINDS. 
   ADDITIONAL MORE DISCRETE STORMS WILL DEVELOP IN WARM SECTOR ALSO
   RESULTING IN PRIMARILY A WIND DAMAGE THREAT AS LINE MOVES EWD TO THE
   ATLANTIC COAST BY THIS EVENING.
   
   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 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...HALES
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