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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 338
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   500 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 500 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 65
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOULTRIE
   GEORGIA.  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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 332...WW 333...WW
   334...WW 335...WW 336...WW 337...
   
   DISCUSSION...LINEAR MCS ACROSS CENTRAL/E CENTRAL AL WILL LIKELY
   PERSIST AND MOVE ESEWD ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL ZONE ACROSS SW GA. AIR
   MASS DESTABILIZATION IN THE WAKE OF EARLY DAY CLOUDS/CONVECTION WILL
   SUPPORT A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL SPREADING INTO SW
   GA DURING THE EVENING.
   
   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 29035.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON