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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 289

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

445 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL

900 PM EDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 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 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF

ALBANY GEORGIA TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE

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 288...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE LATE

AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN FL

PANHANDLE INTO SOUTHWESTERN GA WHERE THE AIR MASS HAS BECOME

MODERATELY UNSTABLE.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE AIDED BY A MIDLEVEL

IMPULSE MOVING INTO SWRN GA WITH 30 KT OF WLY FLOW ENHANCING BULK

SHEAR FOR STORM ORGANIZATION AS THE IMPULSE ADVANCES EWD.  HAIL AND

STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 27025.





...PETERS/WEISS

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