WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 393

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SEL3
SPC WW 131829
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 393
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
230 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

MUCH OF EASTERN GEORGIA
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL
1000 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 125
STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST
OF FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
VIDALIA GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 391...WW 392...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY
ACROSS THE WATCH THRU REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. WITH STEEP LOW
LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND 20-25 KT OF SHEAR...LARGE HAIL WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH STRONGEST STORMS. STORMS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO
CLUSTERS DURING AFTERNOON ENHANCING WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL.

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 01015.

..HALES

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