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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 219 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
915 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2003

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

       SOUTHERN ALABAMA
       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 915 AM UNTIL
300 PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LAUREL
MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MARIANNA FLORIDA.

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...MCS CONTINUES TO MOVE SEWD AT 20 KT THIS MORNING ACROSS
SRN AL.  AIR MASS WILL BECOME STRONGLY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THIS
ACTIVITY... ACCORDING TO 12Z SOUNDING AT SIL...AND SHOULD ENHANCE
THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM SSEWD MOVING
STORMS.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BACKBUILD INTO MS ALONG TRAILING
OUTFLOW AS CAP UNDERGOES FURTHER WEAKENING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 29025.


...EVANS

315,0892 311,0850 295,0850 302,0892