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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 308

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN FLORIDA

       SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL 800

PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYCROSS

GEORGIA TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 306...WW 307...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS/SUPERCELLS HAVE INTENSIFIED OVER THE LAST HOUR

ALONG RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM MORNING MCS NOW OFFSHORE.

ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPEARS TO BE TAKING PLACE ALONG THE COLD

FRONT...AND NEAR OUTFLOW/COLD FRONT INTERSECTION INVOF SCNTRL GA.

VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND PRONOUNCED/STRONG WLY FLOW ALOFT WILL AID

STORM PERSISTENCE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE

POSSIBILITY OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS A COUPLE OF TORNADOES

WITH EXISTING STORMS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29035.





...CARBIN

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