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Post by Nws Olney Maryland on Jun 29, 2008 11:11:17 GMT -5
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 637 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK/OLNEY MD 1050 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA LARGE PART OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1050 AM UNTIL 600 PM CDT. 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 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF VALDOSTA 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.
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