SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 257
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1250 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL
   800 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 40
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   ALBANY GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 255...WW 256...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE ORGANIZING THIS AFTERNOON IN AN ARC FROM
   W-CNTRL AL TO SWRN GA WITH ACTIVITY FOCUSED ALONG A SWD-MOVING COLD
   POOL.  AMBIENT AIR MASS HAS BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE OWING TO THE
   PRESENCE OF A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND SEASONABLY COOL MIDLEVEL
   TEMPERATURES.  WHILE VERTICAL SHEAR WILL REMAIN WEAK...THE CHARACTER
   OF THE THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT WILL FOSTER HAIL PRODUCTION AND
   DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.
   
   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 36020.
   
   
   ...MEAD

   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 257
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1250 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL
   800 PM CDT.
   
   WIDELY SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS
   ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
   WIDELY SCATTERED LARGE HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER
   ISOLATED TORNADOES
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   ALBANY GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 255...WW 256...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE ORGANIZING THIS AFTERNOON IN AN ARC FROM
   W-CNTRL AL TO SWRN GA WITH ACTIVITY FOCUSED ALONG A SWD-MOVING COLD
   POOL.  AMBIENT AIR MASS HAS BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE OWING TO THE
   PRESENCE OF A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND SEASONABLY COOL MIDLEVEL
   TEMPERATURES.  WHILE VERTICAL SHEAR WILL REMAIN WEAK...THE CHARACTER
   OF THE THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT WILL FOSTER HAIL PRODUCTION AND
   DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.
   
   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 36020.
   
   
   ...MEAD

   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 257
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1250 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL
   800 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 40
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   ALBANY GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 255...WW 256...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE ORGANIZING THIS AFTERNOON IN AN ARC FROM
   W-CNTRL AL TO SWRN GA WITH ACTIVITY FOCUSED ALONG A SWD-MOVING COLD
   POOL.  AMBIENT AIR MASS HAS BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE OWING TO THE
   PRESENCE OF A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND SEASONABLY COOL MIDLEVEL
   TEMPERATURES.  WHILE VERTICAL SHEAR WILL REMAIN WEAK...THE CHARACTER
   OF THE THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT WILL FOSTER HAIL PRODUCTION AND
   DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.
   
   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 36020.
   
   
   ...MEAD

   WOUS64 KWNS 061747
   WOU7
   
   BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 257
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1250 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
   
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 257 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
   FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
   
   ALC003-013-025-031-035-039-041-045-053-061-067-069-099-131-
   070100-
   /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0257.120506T1750Z-120507T0100Z/
   
   AL 
   .    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
   
   BALDWIN              BUTLER              CLARKE              
   COFFEE               CONECUH             COVINGTON           
   CRENSHAW             DALE                ESCAMBIA            
   GENEVA               HENRY               HOUSTON             
   MONROE               WILCOX              
   
   
   FLC033-039-059-063-091-113-131-133-070100-
   /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0257.120506T1750Z-120507T0100Z/
   
   FL 
   .    FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
   
   ESCAMBIA             GADSDEN             HOLMES              
   JACKSON              OKALOOSA            SANTA ROSA          
   WALTON               WASHINGTON          
   
   
   GAC007-037-061-087-095-099-131-177-201-205-239-243-253-273-
   070100-
   /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0257.120506T1750Z-120507T0100Z/
   
   GA 
   .    GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
   
   BAKER                CALHOUN             CLAY                
   DECATUR              DOUGHERTY           EARLY               
   GRADY                LEE                 MILLER              
   MITCHELL             QUITMAN             RANDOLPH            
   SEMINOLE             TERRELL             
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MOB...TAE...
   
   
   

   SAW7 
   WW 257 SEVERE TSTM AL FL GA 061750Z - 070100Z
   AXIS..40 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
   55WSW GZH/EVERGREEN AL/ - 30SSE ABY/ALBANY GA/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 35NM N/S /33NE SJI - 35SSE ABY/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 36020.
   
   LAT...LON 31698790 31708401 30548401 30538790
   
   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU7.
   

Watch 257 Status Report Messages:

STATUS REPORT #4 ON WW 257

VALID 062235Z - 062340Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 N MOB TO
20 E CEW TO 25 NW TLH TO 20 SSW MGR.

..HURLBUT..05/06/12

ATTN...WFO...MOB...TAE...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 257 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

ALC003-062340-

AL 
.    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BALDWIN 	     
$$


FLC005-013-033-037-039-045-065-073-077-079-091-113-129-131-133-
062340-

FL 
.    FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BAY		     CALHOUN		 ESCAMBIA	     
FRANKLIN	     GADSDEN		 GULF		     
JEFFERSON	     LEON		 LIBERTY	     
MADISON 	     OKALOOSA		 SANTA ROSA	     
WAKULLA 	     WALTON		 WASHINGTON	     
$$


GAC019-173-185-062340-

GA 
.    GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BERRIEN 	     LANIER		 LOWNDES	     
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 257

VALID 062025Z - 062140Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 50 W GZH TO
15 ESE ABY.

..LEITMAN..05/06/12

ATTN...WFO...MOB...TAE...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 257 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

ALC003-039-053-061-069-062140-

AL 
.    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BALDWIN 	     COVINGTON		 ESCAMBIA	     
GENEVA		     HOUSTON		 
$$


FLC013-033-039-059-063-065-073-077-079-091-113-131-133-062140-

FL 
.    FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CALHOUN 	     ESCAMBIA		 GADSDEN	     
HOLMES		     JACKSON		 JEFFERSON	     
LEON		     LIBERTY		 MADISON	     
OKALOOSA	     SANTA ROSA 	 WALTON 	     
WASHINGTON	     
$$


GAC007-019-027-071-075-087-099-131-173-185-201-205-253-275-277-
321-062140-

GA 
.    GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BAKER		     BERRIEN		 BROOKS 	     
COLQUITT	     COOK		 DECATUR	     
EARLY		     GRADY		 LANIER 	     
LOWNDES 	     MILLER		 MITCHELL	     
SEMINOLE	     THOMAS		 TIFT		     
WORTH		     
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 257

VALID 061940Z - 062040Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..LEITMAN..05/06/12

ATTN...WFO...MOB...TAE...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 257 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

ALC003-013-025-031-035-039-041-045-053-061-067-069-099-131-
062040-

AL 
.    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BALDWIN 	     BUTLER		 CLARKE 	     
COFFEE		     CONECUH		 COVINGTON	     
CRENSHAW	     DALE		 ESCAMBIA	     
GENEVA		     HENRY		 HOUSTON	     
MONROE		     WILCOX		 
$$


FLC033-039-059-063-091-113-131-133-062040-

FL 
.    FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ESCAMBIA	     GADSDEN		 HOLMES 	     
JACKSON 	     OKALOOSA		 SANTA ROSA	     
WALTON		     WASHINGTON 	 
$$


GAC007-037-061-087-095-099-131-177-201-205-239-243-253-273-
062040-

GA 
.    GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BAKER		     CALHOUN		 CLAY		     
DECATUR 	     DOUGHERTY		 EARLY		     
GRADY		     LEE		 MILLER 	     
MITCHELL	     QUITMAN		 RANDOLPH	     
SEMINOLE	     TERRELL		 
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 257

VALID 061840Z - 061940Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..LEITMAN..05/06/12

ATTN...WFO...MOB...TAE...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 257 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

ALC003-013-025-031-035-039-041-045-053-061-067-069-099-131-
061940-

AL 
.    ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BALDWIN 	     BUTLER		 CLARKE 	     
COFFEE		     CONECUH		 COVINGTON	     
CRENSHAW	     DALE		 ESCAMBIA	     
GENEVA		     HENRY		 HOUSTON	     
MONROE		     WILCOX		 
$$


FLC033-039-059-063-091-113-131-133-061940-

FL 
.    FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ESCAMBIA	     GADSDEN		 HOLMES 	     
JACKSON 	     OKALOOSA		 SANTA ROSA	     
WALTON		     WASHINGTON 	 
$$


GAC007-037-061-087-095-099-131-177-201-205-239-243-253-273-
061940-

GA 
.    GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BAKER		     CALHOUN		 CLAY		     
DECATUR 	     DOUGHERTY		 EARLY		     
GRADY		     LEE		 MILLER 	     
MITCHELL	     QUITMAN		 RANDOLPH	     
SEMINOLE	     TERRELL		 
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

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