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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 26

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

805 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

       SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 805 PM

UNTIL 300 AM EST.



HAIL TO 1.5 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF

CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 24...WW 25...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS GA

AND INTO WATCH AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.  DEWPOINTS ARE SLOWLY

INCREASING ACROSS THIS REGION...WHICH WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN

POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE STORMS.  LOW LEVEL INVERSION

WILL LIMIT TORNADO THREAT...BUT LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR

SEVERAL MORE HOURS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...HART

