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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 79
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL9

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 79
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1115 AM EDT Sat Mar 25 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southeast Alabama
     Northern Florida
     Southern Georgia

   * Effective this Saturday morning and afternoon from 1115 AM
     until 500 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to
   track across southern Georgia and far northern Florida this
   afternoon, posing a risk of locally damaging wind gusts or perhaps a
   tornado or two.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles west northwest
   of Tallahassee FL to 15 miles south southeast of Vidalia GA. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   26030.

   ...Hart
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