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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 233
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WW0233 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 233
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1135 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          WEST-CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHER GEORGIA
          EASTERN LOUISIANA
          SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1135 AM UNTIL
   400 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 90
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
   GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI TO 5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ATLANTA
   GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 232...
   
   DISCUSSION...MATURE AND INTENSE MCV AND ASSOCIATED DERECHO IS MOVING
   ACROSS MS AT ROUGHLY 60KT AND WILL SOON MOVE INTO AL BEFORE
   APPROACHING THE GA BORDER BY MID-LATE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A
   HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF DAMAGING WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE BOWING LINE OF
   CONVECTION INTO AL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ESPECIALLY ALONG OLD
   OUTFLOW BOUNDARY DRAPED IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF APEX. DOWNSTREAM...AIR
   MASS EAST TO GA/SC SHOULD BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE GIVEN DIURNAL
   HEATING AND EXPECT THIS INSTABILITY TO CONTINUE TO FUEL INTENSE
   STORM UPDRAFTS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ADVANCING COLD POOL AND
   ALONG THE SOUTHERN TRAILING EDGE OF THIS COMPLEX WHERE LOW LEVEL
   MOISTURE FLUX WILL BE MAXIMIZED AND LARGE SCALE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS
   WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ASCENT AND STRONG SHEAR.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 80
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26055.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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