ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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WWUS20 KWNS 261338
SEL9
SPC WW 261338
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 79
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
835 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

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

SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 835 AM UNTIL
300 PM EST.

HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 70
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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...CONTINUE...WW 77...WW 78...

DISCUSSION...A BAND OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
QUICKLY EWD FROM SE AL INTO SW GA...AND ADDITIONAL WARM SECTOR STORM
DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE. MODEST INSTABILITY
/MLCAPE VALUES NEAR 1000 J/KG/ IS PRESENT NOW ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA...AND ADDITIONAL LOW-LEVEL WARMING/MOISTENING WILL OCCUR TODAY.
GIVEN THE STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW JUST ABOVE THE GROUND...THE
STRONGER EMBEDDED STORMS AND BOWING SEGMENTS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THOUGH LOW-LEVEL SHEAR SHOULD PEAK BY
MID-LATE MORNING...THIS AREA WILL ALSO BE MONITORED FOR ANY INCREASE
IN THE TORNADO THREAT WITH EMBEDDED OR DISCRETE STORMS BY LATE
MORNING OR MIDDAY.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 27045.

...THOMPSON
WWWW

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