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WWUS20 KWNS 231457

SEL7

SPC WW 231457

FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-232100-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 57

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1055 AM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN FLORIDA

       SOUTHERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1055 AM UNTIL

500 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 55

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

BRUNSWICK 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.



DISCUSSION...AN INTENSIFYING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH

CENTRAL FL/SOUTH CENTRAL GA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD TODAY

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS ELEVATED...BUT

SUFFICIENT CAPE AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL POSE A RISK OF

LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON.



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...HART

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688 

WWUS20 KWNS 231457

SEL7

SPC WW 231457

FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-232100-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 57

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1055 AM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN FLORIDA

       SOUTHERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1055 AM UNTIL

500 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 55

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

BRUNSWICK 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.



DISCUSSION...AN INTENSIFYING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH

CENTRAL FL/SOUTH CENTRAL GA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD TODAY

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS ELEVATED...BUT

SUFFICIENT CAPE AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL POSE A RISK OF

LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON.



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...HART

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