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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 232
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 232
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
          MUCH OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM NOON UNTIL 700
   PM CDT.
   
   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 115
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO 60 MILES NORTH OF MONTGOMERY
   ALABAMA.  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...WITH A MOIST AND MDTLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE
   COUPLED WITH 25-30KT OF CYCLONIC SHEAR ON E SIDE OF UPPER LOW NEAR
   KJAN...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY ACROSS
   THE WATCH AREA THRU THE AFTERNOON.  MULTICELLULAR/PULSE MODE OF
   STORMS WILL SUPPORT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WINDS AS
   STORMS MOVE SLOWLY N AND NW TO E OF UPPER LOW CENTER.
   
   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 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 19010.
   
   
   ...HALES
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