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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 168
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1125 AM EDT SAT APR 5 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       MUCH OF NORTHERN FLORIDA
       PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GEORGIA
       PARTS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1125 AM UNTIL
700 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 70
STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL GA SWWD TO
WRN FL PANHANDLE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD INTO AN INCREASINGLY
UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH MLCAPES AOA 2000 J/KG.  WITH 40-50 KT OF DEEP
LAYER SHEAR...SHORT LINE SEGMENTS/BOWS EMBEDDED WITHIN LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH PRIMARILY DAMAGING WINDS. 
ADDITIONAL MORE DISCRETE STORMS WILL DEVELOP IN WARM SECTOR ALSO
RESULTING IN PRIMARILY A WIND DAMAGE THREAT AS LINE MOVES EWD TO THE
ATLANTIC COAST BY THIS EVENING.

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 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24030.

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