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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 332
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 332
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   230 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          FAR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA
          NORTHERN FLORIDA
          SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 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 55
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BRUNSWICK
   GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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...CONVECTION HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED NEAR QUASI-STATIONARY
   FRONT AS TEMPERATURES WARMED INTO THE UPPER 80S. MLCAPES AROUND 2000
   J/KG AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR NEAR 40 KT ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
   STORMS. HAIL SHOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT...GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF
   INSTABILITY AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. HOWEVER...
   UNIDIRECTIONAL WLY WINDS INCREASING WITH HEIGHT MAY RESULT IN SHORT
   LINE SEGMENTS WITH WIND DAMAGE.
   
   AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 29025.
   
   
   ...IMY
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