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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 69

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

430 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA

       MUCH OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       PARTS OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 430 PM UNTIL

1100 PM EDT.



HAIL TO 2.5 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 55

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

OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA

FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 68...



DISCUSSION...CURRENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST AHEAD OF COLD FRONT

ACROSS SRN GA/AL WILL CONTINUE SEVERAL MORE HOURS...UNTIL SURFACE

HEATING CEASES AND LOW LEVELS STABILIZE.  LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE

TO BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...HOWEVER SUFFICIENT SHEAR/INSTABILITY FOR

SUPERCELLS.  ALONG WITH A WIND DAMAGE THREAT...ISOLATED TORNADOES

WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL.



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

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26030.





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