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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 77

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

       CENTRAL GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 540 AM UNTIL NOON EST.



HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 65

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF

MONTGOMERY ALABAMA TO 70 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 76...



DISCUSSION...PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE HAS INTENSIFIED OVER AL THE

PAST 1-2 HOURS...WITH PRONOUNCED BOWING STRUCTURES IN THE LINE.

RAPID WARMING/MOISTENING IN THE LOW LEVELS FROM AL INTO GA WILL

MAINTAIN THE CONVECTION ACROSS GA THROUGH THE MORNING.  THE

LOW-LEVEL DESTABILIZATION AND HIGH MOMENTUM FLOW JUST OFF THE GROUND

SHOULD SUPPORT A CONTINUED THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH THE

MORNING.



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

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

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

VECTOR 27045.





...THOMPSON

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