WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 315

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 315
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
240 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 2009

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

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

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 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 95
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM RICHMOND VIRGINIA TO
45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU5).

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 314...

DISCUSSION...CONDITIONS OVER A LARGE PART OF MID ATLANTIC STATES SWD
TO SERN GA HAVE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH MLCAPES UP TO 2000 J/KG AND
25-30KT OF SHEAR...MULTICELLULAR CLUSTERS WILL FORM OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN AND MOVE EWD ALONG WITH STORMS FORMING VICINITY SEA BREEZE
FRONT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH
STRONGEST STORMS/CLUSTERS AS THEY DEVELOP EWD THRU 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 26025.

...HALES

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