ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 302...RESENT
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
310 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
SOUTHERN GEORGIA
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL 1100
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
VALDOSTA 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 300. WATCH NUMBER 300 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 310 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 301...

DISCUSSION...ONGOING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NRN AL INTO CENTRAL GA
WILL CONTINUE AND DEVELOP S/SEWD INTO A MDTLY MOIST/UNSTABLE
AIRMASS. WITH UPPER TROUGH DROPPING SWD STMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP A
COLD POOL INCREASING WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL. ADDITIONAL STORMS LIKELY
TO DEVELOP WWD INTO ERN MS WHERE AIRMASS IS MOST UNSTABLE.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 33025.

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