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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 219
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   850 AM EDT WED MAY 4 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          FLORIDA PENINSULA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 850 AM UNTIL
   400 PM EDT.
   
   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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
   OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF AVON PARK
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED STRONG/SEVERE STORMS ARE OCCURRING THIS
   MORNING OVER THE FL PENINSULA. OTHER ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY
   LATER TODAY WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND DESTABILIZATION.  LARGE HAIL
   APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT.
   
   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 24030.
   
   
   ...HART