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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 354
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   455 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 455 PM UNTIL
   1100 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 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST
   NORTHWEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF VIDALIA
   GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 350...WW 351...WW
   352...WW 353...
   
   DISCUSSION...WITH STRONG JET MAX ACROSS AREA...SHEAR SUFFICIENT TO
   SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  MLCAPES TO 1500 J/KG AND STEEP MID
   LEVEL LAPSE RATES PROVIDES INSTABILITY FOR STORMS TO CONTINUE
   INTENSIFYING AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WATCH DURING 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 26040.
   
   
   ...HALES