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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 82

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

745 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ALABAMA

  CENTRAL AND WESTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA

  SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF

MOBILE ALABAMA TO 35 MILES NORTH OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 81...



DISCUSSION...CONVECTION IS GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED OVER

MS/AL COASTAL REGION...NEAR AND E OF SFC MESOLOW ANALYZED AT 00Z

OVER MS SOUND...JUST SE GPT.  WELL-DEFINED ISALLOBARIC MIN IS

EVIDENT ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDING ENE FROM THAT MESOLOW

ACROSS PNS AREA...WHICH SHOULD SUPPORT ENHANCED STORM-RELATIVE

INFLOW OF HIGH-THETAE MARINE AIR NOW EVIDENT OVER IMMEDIATE COAST OF

WRN FL PANHANDLE AND OFFSHORE.  THIS AIR MASS SHOULD SPREAD INLAND

AND SUPPORT UPSCALE GROWTH/INTENSIFICATION OF TSTM COMPLEX AS IT

SPREADS EWD.  MAIN THREAT IS DAMAGING WIND...THOUGH A TORNADO OR TWO

CANNOT BE RULED OUT.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

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

MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...EDWARDS

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