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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 29
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   940 PM CST MON FEB 21 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALABAMA
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 940 PM UNTIL
   400 AM CST.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 130
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
   OF LA GRANGE GEORGIA TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF MACON GEORGIA.  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 27...WW 28...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER PARTS
   OF AL/GA THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AS WEAK ASCENT /ASSOCIATED WITH
   ENTRANCE REGION OF 70 KT MID LEVEL SPEED MAX NOW OVER NC/ ENHANCES
   UPLIFT ALONG EXISTING CONFLUENCE AXIS EXTENDING FROM CNTRL AL INTO
   WRN GA.
   AMPLE SPEED SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ABOVE SHALLOW NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY
   LAYER WILL REMAIN PRESENT TO SUPPORT A CONTINUED THREAT FOR HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 28040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI