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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 350

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

600 PM EDT SAT MAY 24 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHEAST FLORIDA

       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT FROM 600 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



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 70

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 346...WW 347...WW

348...WW 349...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FORMING IN ZONE OF LOW-LVL

CONFLUENCE AHEAD OF ESE-MOVING UPR IMPULSE IN DEEP UNIDIRECTIONAL

WNWLY SHEAR.  OTHER STORMS MAY FORM INVOF SEA BREEZE FRONT ALONG THE

GA/FAR SRN SC CST. SETUP COULD SUPPORT A FEW STORMS WITH SVR HAIL

AND POSSIBLY DMGG WIND THROUGH EARLY EVENING.



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 33025.





...CORFIDI

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