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SEL5 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 25 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 315 AM EST Wed Mar 5 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of North Florida Southern into Southeast Georgia Southern South Carolina Coastal Waters * Effective this Wednesday morning from 315 AM until 1000 AM EST. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A squall line will move eastward across the Watch area overnight into the morning. Damaging gusts ranging 55-70 mph are possible with the stronger inflections and bowing segments within the convective line. A brief tornado is also possible. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northeast of Vidalia GA to 55 miles south of Valdosta GA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 23...WW 24... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 350. Mean storm motion vector 26035. ...Smith