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Tornado Watch 308
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 308
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   245 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN FLORIDA
          SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL 800
   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 100 STATUTE
   MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYCROSS
   GEORGIA TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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 306...WW 307...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS/SUPERCELLS HAVE INTENSIFIED OVER THE LAST HOUR
   ALONG RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM MORNING MCS NOW OFFSHORE.
   ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPEARS TO BE TAKING PLACE ALONG THE COLD
   FRONT...AND NEAR OUTFLOW/COLD FRONT INTERSECTION INVOF SCNTRL GA.
   VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND PRONOUNCED/STRONG WLY FLOW ALOFT WILL AID
   STORM PERSISTENCE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
   POSSIBILITY OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS A COUPLE OF TORNADOES
   WITH EXISTING STORMS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY.
   
   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 29035.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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