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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 74

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1225 PM EST FRI FEB 22 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1225 PM UNTIL

800 PM 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 45

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE FL PANHANDLE INTO

SOUTHWEST GA WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS WW AREA DURING THE

AFTERNOON.  THESE STORMS WILL INTERACT WITH RETREATING WARM

FRONT...POSING A THREAT OF EMBEDDED BOW/LEWP STRUCTURES AND A RISK

OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.



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 24035.





...HART

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