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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 141

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

405 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 405 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH

THE AFTERNOON FROM FLORIDA ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INTO SOUTH

CAROLINA.  A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE

HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS

EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF ORANGEBURG SOUTH CAROLINA TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST

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

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 140...



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 27025.





...THOMPSON

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