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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 23
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   125 PM EST MON JAN 30 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM UNTIL 800
   PM EST.
   
   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 75
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH OF
   MOBILE ALABAMA TO 75 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MACON 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.
   
   DISCUSSION...AS STRONG TROUGHS MOVES TOWARD WATCH AREA FROM LOWER MS
   VALLEY...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP.  STRONG
   PRIMARILY UNIDIRECTIONAL WINDS AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES
   COUPLED WITH COLD AIR ALOFT SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL
   PRIMARY THREAT.  LOCAL DAMAGING WINDS COULD DEVELOP AS STORMS EVOLVE
   INTO SHORT LINE SEGMENTS/BOWS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
   
   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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 25040.
   
   
   ...HALES