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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

345 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       FAR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL

1100 PM 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 60

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST

OF AUBURN ALABAMA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ATHENS 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 379...WW 380...WW

381...WW 382...WW 383...



DISCUSSION...ONGOING SEVERE TSTMS ACROSS ERN AL ARE EXPECTED TO

MOVE/DEVELOP EWD/NEWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND

EVENING WHERE AIR MASS HAS BECOME HOT AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH

MLCAPE VALUES OF 2000 J/KG.  WHILE MID TO UPPER-TROPOSPHERIC WIND

FIELD HAS TENDED TO DECREASE WITH TIME TODAY...SUFFICIENT /30 KT/

DEEP-LAYER SHEAR STILL EXISTS TO SUPPORT SOME STORM ORGANIZATION

WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24025.





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