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Tornado Watch 305
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 305
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   550 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
          MUCH OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          PARTS OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 550 AM UNTIL 100
   PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
   DOTHAN ALABAMA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
   TORNADOES AND 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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 304...
   
   DISCUSSION...WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE AND STRONG SHEAR
   PROFILES...ONGOING SEVERE STORMS TO THE N WILL GRADUALLY WORK SWD
   INTO WATCH.  SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE INCLUDING TORNADO
   POTENTIAL.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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